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Mutant warlords, bounty hunters, and a rescued Earthling collide on Terra-11’s lawless frontier.

SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE

Journey with Wolff and Niki, an interstellar adventurer and young rebel. On a mission to rescue three stranded women from a planet no one has warned them about. Because no one has ever returned.

1983 · 1h 30m · PG · Action / Adventure / Science Fiction · IMDB TMDB

On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.

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File under: intergalactic road trips with questionable travel companions.

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If your idea of a rescue mission involves mutant warlords, snarky Earthling survivors, and bounty hunters with questionable motives, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone delivers. With Peter Strauss as the rugged Wolff and Molly Ringwald as his sharp-tongued sidekick, Lamont Johnson’s film is a cosmic detour through 1980s sci-fi excess.

— SassyFlix Programmer
Quick Answer
What is Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone about?

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is a 1983 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Lamont Johnson about an adventurer who travels to a mutant-infested planet to rescue three women captured by a villainous warlord.

Details & Specs
Director
Lamont Johnson
Writers
David Preston, Edith Rey, Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum, Stewart Harding, Jean LaFleur
Release
1983
Runtime
1h 30m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Also Known As
Spacehunter - Aventuras na Zona Proibida, Космически ловец: Пътешествие в забранената зона, Vesmírný lovec: Dobrodružství v Zakázané zóně, Le Guerrier De l'Espace - Aventures En Zone Interdite, Spacehunter: Aventuras na Zona Proibida, Adventures in the Creep Zone

Synopsis

Three women makes an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their talents, they try to rescue the women.

Distant future. Passenger kosmolayner wrecked . Killed all but three girls who a minute before the explosion time to leave the doomed ship on the rescue shuttle. Following a program embedded in , hook yourself planet looks for landing . This planet becomes Terra -11 , where the atmosphere is similar to Earth . Roundup of Space Hunter Wolfe learns about shipwreck survivors and disembarking passengers .

An analysis of the requested information is that for many years its population covered by the plague. Medical expedition , sent to the planet , could not cope with the raging disease and Terre -11 was given the status of the exclusion zone . Wolfe hesitant to risk his head and fly to the plague-stricken planet, but to save the girls assigned huge rewards …

Review: The film Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is excellent .

I watched Spacehunter on TV a long time ago , and he sunk into my soul . However, neither the name nor the name of an actor or director , I write not guessed . As a result, memory preserved only in certain scenes and the overall experience .

Find a movie today would be quite impossible , but helped fortune , just like winning the lottery. Reviewed and understood – the film is really cool , and years of nothing with him did not. While many old movies today seem naive , or worse , ” Space Hunter ” as if infused like wine – he ‘s not stupid , and cute, and all the mistakes , which it undoubtedly present, – a kind of highlights that make it a unique and like nothing on earth .

Paint detail will not. Just say that repeated viewing of many years , I received a lot of fun. Anyone who watched this movie in the 90s , I advise you to look again.

Because without blunders not done , I put 7 points.

Why Cult

Mutant Warlord Mayhem

OverDog, the evil mutant warlord, rules over a planet teeming with bizarre dangers and unwilling captives.

Unlikely Buddy Team-Up

Adventurer Wolff and Earthling Nikki join forces, mixing hard-edged bravado with youthful wit on their perilous rescue.

Planet Terra-11 Setting

The action unfolds on Terra-11, a distant planet with an Earth-like atmosphere and a population of mutants and survivors.

Sci-Fi Bounty Hunters

Two competing bounty hunters race against each other for the ultimate prize—saving the Earth women from danger.

Questions from the Vault

What is Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone about? +

It’s about an adventurer named Wolff who travels to a mutant-filled planet to rescue three women held captive by the warlord OverDog, teaming up with survivor Nikki along the way.

Who directed Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone? +

Lamont Johnson directed Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

How long is Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone? +

The runtime is 90 minutes.

What genre is Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone? +

It is an action, adventure, and science fiction film.

When was Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone released? +

It was released in 1983.