Despite being a shameless rip-off of Star Wars and Logan's Run (among others) and having a rather stupid title, Starchaser (You can read the full name for yourself) is actually a very interesting film to watch.
Blessed with decent animation (for the 80's), a reasonable story and plenty of action, this is one of those movies where you stick it on, expecting to mock it, but you actually end up having a pretty good time.
Of course, nothing can take away from it's obvious plundering from it's far better known sci-fi brethren... The hero is the spitting image of Luke Skywalker, his laconic smuggler best friend is an easy match for one Han Solo, and even the cynical computer sounds just like C3PO.
If you can just past that though (And, quite a bit of casual sexism... Check out the 'fembot' with the big booty) then chances are you'll enjoy yourself. The space battles, whether they be fought with ships or fists are quite captivating, and surprisingly bloody... No Disney film is this. There's also a fair few good jokes, if you listen hard enough.
So, for a rather rare title, Starchaser ain't bad at all. I can certainly think of a handful of inferior but much better known animated titles that deserve to languish in obscurity more than this worthy effort... 6/10
Blessed with decent animation (for the 80's), a reasonable story and plenty of action, this is one of those movies where you stick it on, expecting to mock it, but you actually end up having a pretty good time.
Of course, nothing can take away from it's obvious plundering from it's far better known sci-fi brethren... The hero is the spitting image of Luke Skywalker, his laconic smuggler best friend is an easy match for one Han Solo, and even the cynical computer sounds just like C3PO.
If you can just past that though (And, quite a bit of casual sexism... Check out the 'fembot' with the big booty) then chances are you'll enjoy yourself. The space battles, whether they be fought with ships or fists are quite captivating, and surprisingly bloody... No Disney film is this. There's also a fair few good jokes, if you listen hard enough.
So, for a rather rare title, Starchaser ain't bad at all. I can certainly think of a handful of inferior but much better known animated titles that deserve to languish in obscurity more than this worthy effort... 6/10