Rotten
The expensive new version of Flash Gordon is a lot more gaudy, and just as dumb, as the original series starring Buster Crabbe.
Variety Staff, Variety
Flash Gordon
Pathetic earthlings...who can save you now?
1980 · 1h 51m · PG
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Mike Hodges
Overview
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Director and cast
- Mike Hodges Director
- Sam J. Jones as Flash Gordon
- Melody Anderson as Dale Arden
- Max von Sydow as Kaiser Ming
- Chaim Topol as Dr. Hans Zarkov
- Ornella Muti as Princess Aura
- Timothy Dalton as Prince Barin
- Brian Blessed as Prince Vultan
- Peter Wyngarde as Klytus
- Mariangela Melato as Kala
- John Osborne Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A respectable time-waster.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Is it fun? Yeah, sort of, it is.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The narrative is a little plodding, but adult punters will soon slip back into areverie for the lost visions of Saturday morning cinema.
Time Out
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