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Flash Gordon (1980)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:24

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Campy charm and a knowing sense of humor help to overcome a silly plot involving a spacefaring ex-football player, his adoring bevy of groupies, and a supervillain named Ming the Merciless.

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: New York football star Flash Gordon vaults into outer space to battle the nefarious Ming, supreme ruler of the planet Mongo. Ming intends to conquer planet earth, and hunky Flash teams up with... New York football star Flash Gordon vaults into outer space to battle the nefarious Ming, supreme ruler of the planet Mongo. Ming intends to conquer planet earth, and hunky Flash teams up with several of his daring female admirers, as well as the brilliant Dr. Zarkov, in an effort to thwart the monomaniacal evil-doer. Features a fun score by rock group Queen. [More]

Starring: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow, Ornella Muti

Starring: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato

Director: Mike Hodges

Director: Mike Hodges

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May 1, 1998

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03/26/09
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a great camp classic

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05/02/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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Taken solely as a pop wedge of cheese, it's beautifully realized. As for the empty-headed dialogue and the puerile plot, isn't it obvious those are both part of the point?

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02/13/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

The film literally explodes with a festival of colors and opulent costume design. It lends the movie a majestic spilled-cocaine imprint that's unmistakable and urges the film into distinctive areas of presentation George Lucas could never follow

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
08/03/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

About the only thing that isn't red in this movie is the blood

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07/04/07
Shane Burridge
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Young kids will probably enjoy this one, but anyone over 10 years old can forget it, as Lorenzo Semple's script pokes more fun at the audience's intelligence than at the story.

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04/16/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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A respectable time-waster.

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04/16/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Glossy sci-fi fun, although ultimately pretty empty.

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06/16/06
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

The narrative is a little plodding, but adult punters will soon slip back into areverie for the lost visions of Saturday morning cinema.

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01/26/06
Time Out
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Laughably bad and fantastically good all at once, this is a guilty pleasure that everyone can enjoy.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/03/05
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

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07/14/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

One of the great "bad" movies of the decade.

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12/21/04
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Is it fun? Yeah, sort of, it is.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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10/08/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Quite possibly the greatest movie ever made, and I thoroughly distrust anyone who suggests otherwise.

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07/31/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
LYTRules.com

It's garish goofiness is part of its charm

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05/07/04
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Camped up and wrong headed in the extreme.

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08/24/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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07/09/03
James Hill
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06/20/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

A soundtrack by Queen is one of the highlights of this film actualization of the comic strip. The crazy set design and costumes are also dead-on replicas of the strip.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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