Last Starfighter with Lance Guest: DVD Cover

    Last Starfighter Director: Nick Castle Jr. Cast: Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Stewart

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    • DVD Release Date: 06/08/1999
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Rated PG

    Viewer Rating: (5 ratings)

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    Features

    Feature commentary with director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb; Crossing the Frontier: The Making of The Last Starfighter, original documentary on groundbreaking computer-generated visual effects; Teaser trailer; Theatrical trailer; Production photographs and information

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter List
    1. Main Titles [2:41]
    2. A Sparklin' Day [5:28]
    3. Sad Starfighter [4:19]
    4. Record Breaker [5:51]
    5. Recruited [4:07]
    6. Stardrive [4:17]
    7. What's Goin' On? [3:51]
    8. The Ambassador [2:49]
    9. Highly Irregular [4:52]
    10. The Frontier [4:46]
    11. Back On Earth [9:47]
    12. Back To The Future [5:19]
    13. Last Starfighter [:02]
    14. Hide and Seek [10:56]
    15. The Command Ship [14:41]
    16. An Old Friend [2:00]
    17. About Alex [2:55]
    18. End Titles [8:09]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Trailer-park teenager Lance Guest regularly escapes from his humdrum existence by playing the video game Starfighter. His expertise at this recreational endeavor attracts the attention of affable stranger Robert Preston. Before he knows what's happening, Guest is whisked by Preston into the outer reaches of the galaxy! It turns out that the Starfighter game is being played in deadly earnest in outer space, and that Guest is expected to join Preston's Star League, then do battle with the wicked Kodan forces. Guest's principal ally is the lizardlike Grig (Dan O'Herlihy--and we didn't recognize him either). His great rival is the traitorous Xur (Norman Snow). The contrast between Guest's earthbound life as the son of single-mother Barbara Bosson and his new position as Starfighter is daunting at first, but soon the boy is manning a spacecraft and zapping the baddies as though he's been doing it all his life. The Last Starfighter was clearly designed with "sequel" in mind: giveaways include the resurrection of a "dead" character and the surprisingly casual escape of the villain. While the film didn't stir up enough business to warrant a sequel, the Starfighter video game remained a much-sought-after commodity by joystick-happy "warriors" all over the country. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    • Ratings: 5Reviews: 1

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    April 01, 2009: I remember watching this movie when I was younger. It's great for remembering your youth. The visuals were not the best compared to present day standards but for the time it was set it they were good, for example when the Beta Unit takes off his head to repair himself it looked like someone with their head off. The acting was believable. Who wouldn't freak out when aliens show up to try to kill you because you were good at a video game?

    I've been looking for this movie everywhere for years. It's a good find. There's lots of action but nothing that might be too scary for younger viewers.

    Although I do wonder what happened to the Beta Unit after it rammed the truck into the satellite.

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    This item Rated Appropriate for Ages 9 and Up

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    What to watch out for

    • Consumerism:

      Budweiser beer sign and beer in hand of trailer park dweller. And yes, Playboy magazine.

    • Drugs:

      Alex implies that his friends "get drunk and throw up every Saturday night." Viewers do not see this, but the friends do drive around rowdily and make out at the lake. An old man smokes a pipe and a beer can is seen in an older man's hand.

    • Language:

      Louis, the kid brother, cusses more than anybody. Profanity includes "s--t," "crapola," "hell," and "Oh my God."

    • Sex:

      Teenage make-out sessions are standard, and Alex's mom watches he and Maggie share a long smooch goodnight. Kid brother Louis has a collection of Playboy magazines, which he peruses, though the audience sees no nudity. One teenage girl asks... More

      Teenage make-out sessions are standard, and Alex's mom watches he and Maggie share a long smooch goodnight. Kid brother Louis has a collection of Playboy magazines, which he peruses, though the audience sees no nudity. One teenage girl asks her boyfriend to "talk dirty to me." No body parts are shown, though Maggie complains when Alex's double does not share her sensual enthusiasm. Close

    • Violence:

      Lasers, rockets, bad aliens with scary faces. This is a movie about an alien race who wants to take over the universe, and as the title suggests, there are shootouts and fight scenes. Because of the lighthearted humor, the violence is not... More

      Lasers, rockets, bad aliens with scary faces. This is a movie about an alien race who wants to take over the universe, and as the title suggests, there are shootouts and fight scenes. Because of the lighthearted humor, the violence is not gory. There are explosions though, and Alex's skills as a starfighter are highlighted. Younger viewers might find some of the aliens to be scary. Close

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    About Last Starfighter

    Parents need to know that Alex is recruited to fight aliens, and there are explosions and moments where aliens die. But besides some slightly scary alien faces, there is not much gore. Teenagers on Earth are shown making out by the lake in very '80s hair and makeup. There is some mild profanity as well.