Movie

War of the Planets

1977 · 89 min

Cheap, cheerful space opera with cardboard sets, earnest heroes and a loopy robot menace that plays like a feverish matinee serial.

Tagline: The ultimate battle... for survival!
Overview: A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknown planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies.
How it feels: Campy, earnest, eerie and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Survival, technology, power, freedom
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: campystrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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
technology
power
freedom
betrayal
Places: space
fantasy world
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild