“Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.”
A trailer park teenager played by the then-24 Lance Guest, all Alex Rogen wanted was to break away (as Kelly Clarkson might say today) with his best girl, Maggie (Catherine Mary Stewart). The poor guy’s only relief from the everyday grind of fixing everyone’s appliances in the trailer camp was the Starfighter video game on old man Otis’ porch. But things change for Alex the night he “busts the record” and discovers that the game is actually a recruiting tool for an interstellar war between, well, you guessed it. (See above.)
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family Films
Continue reading 80s Cinestalgia: The Last Starfighter
Permalink | Email this | Comments
You can find the original article and other great content at this URL: http://www.cinematical.com/2010/08/13/80s-cinestalgia-the-last-starfighter/
Hot Internet Ideas: Do you work behind a computer all day? Then, get personalized mouse pads to remind yourself of your world outside of work.
