Rare And Buried: Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, threatening destruction of the Earth, Dr. Hans Sarkov makes a desperate rocket flight with two unwilling passengers--Flash Gordon, quarterback of the New York Jets and lovely Dale Arden. Their destination is the planet Mongo, source of the strange energy waves.

You know who is the REAL hero of this film? Flash Gordon may be the savior of the universe, but who is really the savior of this plot-holed, cheezy and campy film extravagance? F*ckin QUEEN is the hero of this film! If it weren't for their powerful, larger-than-life epic rock soundtrack, then this film would probably be unbearable to watch. Watching in this decade, the special effects and art direction is pretty decent and kinda aged well, which the entire looks like one giant acid trip. The plot-line was simple and would have been nicely written if it didn't have so many plot holes. It is a film that you have to take in for all of its cheesiness, but the plot holes does take me out of the film quite often. The characters are quite exaggerated and comical (in both literal and funny way) and the actors at least know what they are in for and you can sense they are having fun. But the BIGGEST help from this film is the use of Queen to build that entire epicness that allows this film to become that campy cult classic it is now. It is really a fun film to watch and you won't feel cheated on your first time viewing.

3 out of 5 stars