If only Ming the Merciless had turned his death ray on the producers…
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01/17/03
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... [More]
Starring: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow, Ornella Muti
Director: Mike Hodges
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Reviews for Flash Gordon
For most viewers Flash Gordon is the reason why phrases like 'guilty pleasure' entered vocabularies.
11/05/02
No review available.
08/30/02
a total bomb; an insult to the original serials; not even good camp.
08/20/02
No review available.
08/02/02
No review available.
07/31/02
An irrelevant campy sci-fier.
02/11/02
He will save every one of us!
01/01/00
If you feel like camping it up, then rent this one.
01/01/00
Camp classic of the colorful kind.
01/01/00
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