Movie

The War in Space

1977 · 91 min

A retro sci-fi adventure with earnest heroes, campy alien foes, and brisk space battles that feel like a Saturday matinee.

Tagline: The Space War to Decide the Fate of All Mankind!
Overview: The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.
How it feels: Campy, tense, earnest and dark. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Survival, war, violence, family
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: campystrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
violence
family
loyalty
Places: space
big city
sea
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none