War of the Planets

Original title: Anno zero - Guerra nello spazio

1977
PG
1h 29m

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2.9/10

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A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while a UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknown planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies. The robot's got his eyes on the Earth, too.

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Captain Alex Hamilton investigates a strange signal on Earth and a UFO above Antarctica, discovering a giant robot enslaving humanoids and observing Earth from an unknown planet.Captain Alex Hamilton investigates a strange signal on Earth and a UFO above Antarctica, discovering a giant robot enslaving humanoids and observing Earth from an unknown planet.Captain Alex Hamilton investigates a strange signal on Earth and a UFO above Antarctica, discovering a giant robot enslaving humanoids and observing Earth from an unknown planet.

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Trivia
The pre-credits scene where Captain Hamilton is already in command of the MK-31 actually takes place twenty-five minutes into the original Italian cut of the movie. The actual first scene of the movie is the scene where Hamilton slaps Miller. Apparently, the American distributors wanted the movie to open with an exciting outer space scene, despite this blatantly obvious error in continuity.

Goofs
The actors' shadows are visible against the backdrop of outer space while they are spacewalking.

Quotes
Captain Alex Hamilton: Meela, you're the one who's lost contact with life. You've let yourself be conditioned by machines.

Connections
Featured in The Schlocky Horror Picture Show: Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977) (2009)

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"What The Hell?! What Does It Mean?!"...

WAR OF THE PLANETS begins with flashing, beeping, and a toy spaceship floating around. The ship's crew are wearing red swim caps, perhaps to keep space mold from growing between their ears. The ship's computer, known as WIZ, drones on in monotone fashion, much like an industrial fan.

Astronauts leap from ship to ship, probably trying to escape this movie's pull of death. Actions take place for no discernable reason. A man screams as though something is happening. Nope. WIZ blathers on.

Meanwhile, on Earth, some sort of crisis has developed. Mysterious signals, sounding like chipmunks caught in a storm drain are transmitted to the ship. WIZ gives orders. We discover that the ship has an onboard orgasmatron. Even this is boring.

Lasers flash! Sound effects whoop and bloop! Spaceships spin! WIZ yammers on! My God, this is the Marianas Trench of boredom! Crushing tedium destroying our minds! Pray for us all!

This movie is cinematic arthritis, causing agony with no hope of relief! We know that somewhere, someone said, "Oh yeah, I saw STAR WARS. I can make a movie just like that!". This is the film that George Lucas could have made, had his brain been turned into tuna salad.

This, my friends, is sub-sludge without mercy...