Flash Gordon

1980 • 111 mínútur

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Featuring an all-star cast and a much-celebrated soundtrack by Queen, this is the original and best version of the sci-fi classic Flash Gordon, based on the comic books by Alex Raymond and Don Moore. Now you can enjoy this gloriously camp version in lurid Technicolor. Flash (Sam J Jones) is a football hero skyjacked aboard Dr Zarkov’s (Topol) spaceship along with the beautiful Dale Arden (Melody Anderson). The threesome is drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo where they encounter Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow) and together must foil his plot to destroy Earth.

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Flash! Aaaaah aaaaah! Saviour of the Universe! First things first: if you're looking for nuanced performances, complex characters, cutting edge special effects (even for the time), or just a script that's too classy for dialogue like "Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!", then you're in the wrong place. If however, you want: A thumping Queen soundtrack; or Ming the Merciless living up to his sobriquet; or More camp than the entire Butlins chain; or BRIAN BLESSED hamming it up as only he can; or A heroine who is smart enough to put on her heels only after she beats up the bad guy; or A movie that is positively gleeful in its gonzo excess Then this might be the film for you. As for me? Good grief, I love this campy, silly, goofy movie. 7 year old me, seeing it soon after release, was not so impressed. Though I did think Prince Vultan (Brian Blessed) was pretty awesome, which just goes to show that even seven year old me occasionally got things right. Flash! Aaaaah aaaaah! He'll save every one of us!

Cult classic and great Queen soundtrack!

It's so cheesey it's good