''Star Odyssey'' (Italian: ''Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio'' / ''Seven Gold Men in Space'') is a 1979 Italian film directed by Alfonso Brescia. The film is also known as ''Space Odyssey'', ''Metallica'' and ''Captive Planet'' in other video markets.

Plot summary

In the year 2312, a group of aliens auction off insignificant planets and the winner of the auction for Sol 3 (Earth) is evil despot named Kress. He soon flies to "Sol 3" in what is the first contact with beings from another planet for those living there. Kress starts gathering humanoid slaves using his robot army to sell them to his evil counterparts. Defending "Sol 3" against the new owner is the kindly Professor Maury and his ragtag band of human, one of which wears a

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t-shirt, and robot friends. Maury and his defenders set out to reclaim the planet from Kress and his cyborg army. Their plan is to destroy the metal of the alien ship, called Iridium (or etherium) after discovering its weakness. After being defeated and retreating from the planet, Kress resells the planet at the space auction for a profit.

Production

''Star Odyssey'' is one of the four low-budget Italian

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'' by Italian director Alfonso Brescia (under the pseudonym Al Bradley). This is the fourth and final film in Alfonso Brescia's sci-fi series, with the others being '' Cosmos: War of the Planets'' (a.k.a. ''Year Zero War in Space''), ''Battle of the Stars'' (a.k.a. ''Battle in Interstellar Space''), and '' War of the Robots'' (a.k.a. ''Reactor''). The film re-uses many of the effects and costumes from ''War of the Robots''. "Popular Mechanics" noted the "light-sabers" were cardboard swords painted with fluorescent paint. "Worst Movies Ever Made" found the effects to be laughable and the story confused at best.

Cast

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as Irene *

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as Dirk Laramie *

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as Bridget *

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as Shawn *

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*Roberto Dell'Acqua as Norman *Aldo Amoroso Pioso * Nino Castelnuovo *Gianfranca Dionisi *

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*Aldo Funari *

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*Filippo Perrone *

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as Commander Barr *Massimo Righi *

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*Claudio Zucchet

Reception

"Creature Feature" found the movie to be an example of sci-fi so bad it has to be seen to be believed, giving the movie 2 out of 5 stars. "

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" noted the movie was a dreadful trashpile. Techradar found the movie either insufferable or hilariously bad, depending on your mood.Lambrects, Stephen (2015) 8 Star Wars Rioffs https://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/the-8-most-entertaining-star-wars-rip-offs-1310972

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Star Odyssey 1979 films Films directed by Alfonso Brescia Space opera films 1970s Italian-language films Films set in the 24th century Robot films Italian science fiction films Films scored by Marcello Giombini 1970s science fiction films 1970s Italian films