Idiot-Deluxe I find this Sci-Fi/Action turd to not only be in violation of Intergalatic Law, but also a violation of all things decent and in good taste.Space Mutiny. A righteously-ridiculous-B-grade-Sci-Fi-crapfest: Starring Reb Brown as Dave Ryder, a swaggering tough-guy and an ace "Sting-Ray Viper" pilot, who crash-lands onto the Southern Sun, a spaceship that's rife with murder, mutiny and sabotage. Ryder finds himself pitted against "The Enforcers" (who I surmise are essentially the space-police and are the law aboard the Southern Sun) and their leader, the villainous and vengeful Kalgan (played by John Philip Law). Cutting right to it this movie is just plain terrible, the handiwork of the ever awful David Winters (a short n' portly old schlockmeister from the UK), who not only produced this ridiculous movie, but also co-directed (so if you were looking to blame any one person for this existence of this movie, well, just point your finger at Winters). But keeping mind, at the same time this movie can be a hell of lot of fun - as long as you approach it as an accidental comedy.As mentioned above the plot revolves around a massive space ship called the Southern Sun, which is home to thousands of people, who are space traveler's enroute to another planet many light-years away. However there is mutiny in the air (hence the title) as discontentment grows strong among certain rebel factions of the crew and their leader Kalgan. In the opening minutes of the movie the great Dave Ryder makes an emergency landing and finds himself thrust right into the thick of things - it's Reb Brown so expect a tall, square-jarred, meat-headed hero type. Whereas Kalgan is played by John Philip Law, who evidently borrowed Pat Riley's greasy hair for the role and at the same time he seems to be having a blast in playing the villain in this crappy movie. Because he's literally full of laughs - even when there's absolutely nothing remotely funny happening, but that won't stop Kalgan from indulging in his many fits of self-congratulatory laughter.On a purely visual basis Space Mutiny is all over the place and is aesthetically-speaking one of the worst looking Sci-Fi movies ever made. The movie unfolds in a series of ham-handed scenes which are often incoherent and frequently shift back and forth from scenes that were filmed on cheap and brightly-lit "spaceship sets" or the dark, grimy interiors of an old brick-walled factory (which as you'll notice they made no effort to black out it's several large windows) that's loaded with a forest of corroded pipes, crisscrossed with catwalks and an endless amount of railing. The look of the film is further juxtaposed by the inclusion of a liberal amount footage which was clearly taken from the TV show "Battlestar Galactica" (which, not surprisingly, looks much better than any of the footage that was filmed by David Winters), which only adds to the movies overwhelming sense of feeling like that of a cinematic jig-saw puzzle, one that's been very crudely cut n' pasted together.Then there's the costumes to speak of and there just as bad and as tacky as the sets, especially in the case of the good guys. Another highlight of Space Mutiny are the "Enforcer Cars", that you often see humming along the corridors of the Southern Sun, which are essentially nothing more than glorified golf-carts. These cars are typically pussy-footed along at speeds no faster than if you were walking on foot - say at the sedate speed of 3. But fasten your seat-belts! For Space Mutiny's thrilling climax, we not only get a low-speed chase, but also a duel to the death between two of these motorized bad-boy's. Their official designations are "Enforcer 1" that's Kalgan's ride -vs- "Enforcer 6" which obviously is Dave's wheels. During the course of this flagrantly and embarrassingly ridiculous scene, the action is punctuated by the sounds of the Enforcer Car's electric motors, Kalgan's trademark laughter and the part where Dave yells like a woman.In light of that fact that Space Mutiny is such a terrible and crudely put together production, it should come as little surprise, that this film contains one of cinemas most glaring and super-obvious continuities. One where you'll no doubt be hearing yourself say "Hey, wait a second! Wasn't she killed a few minutes ago???!!!" and you'd be entirely correct in that assertion. But if you haven't noticed, logic has very little relevance in the world of Dave Ryder and Kalgan. As I said earlier Space Mutiny easily and resoundingly qualifies as one of the worst Sci-Fi movies ever produced, in spite of it's competition - i.e. several decades worth of terrible and laughably-dated Sci-Fi films. I would recommend that you track down a copy of the MST3K version, not only is it more readily available, but surprise-surprise, it's even funnier than the original version; and take it from somebody who knows - The Rhino Home Video release of Space Mutiny is the best copy on the market.

nuhc Watched this horrible piece of garbage movie as an MST3K episode, and if not for the MST3K treatment, this would have to be one of the worst low-budget sci fi flicks ever. But, this one is so bad that it's funny, especially if you look out for all the goofs. For example: the woman with the big hair gets killed by Kalgan and shows up in the next scene like nothing happened, the beginning of the movie has footage from Battlestar Galactica, the captain of the space ship has an obviously fake Santa beard, all the action takes place on board a space ship, yet they have no problems blowing stuff up or starting fires, at one point the hero is running down a hallway next to a brick wall even though he's on a space ship, a flamethrower appears to be a propane bottle painted silver, the buff hero knocks out some skinny dude and then puts on his uniform which he manages to fit, a bunch of people running around in a factory and falling over railings to their deaths, and everyone uses 8088 desktop computers. Then throw in some useless plot points about some alien women who like to do tai chi while running their hands over plasma balls direct from Spencer's Gifts, a cheesy 80's soundtrack (don't get me wrong, I grew up in the 80's and love the music), and a steroid-filled leading man and you get Space Mutiny.Watch the MST3K version, it makes for some pretty funny moments, especially when Captain Santa gets lucky.

Woodyanders The peace and serenity of the spaceship Southern Sun gets rudely disrupted by a nasty gang of mutineers led by the evil Flight Commander Elijah Kalgan (an outrageously hammy portrayal by a constantly scowling John Phillip Law). It's up to mighty macho man supreme Dave Ryder (beefy hunk Reb Brown, who displays all the charisma of a can of spoiled Spam) to stop Kalgan before it's too late. Poorly directed with jaw-dropping ineptitude by David Winters, further blessed with dreadful acting, rusty tin-eared dialogue (sample line: "Surrender or be blown into astro dust!"), copious special effects footage lifted from "Battlestar Galactica," badly staged action scenes (a protracted chase sequence involving a couple of souped-up futuristic golf carts is especially sidesplitting), laughable costumes, tacky opening titles, cheesy (markedly less than) special effects, crummy sets (the spaceship cargo bay looks just like a rundown old oil refinery -- and probably was exactly that!), and the insanely cool-rockin' ending credits theme song "The Edge of A Dream," this gloriously ghastly marvel of all-out celluloid awfulness is an uproariously atrocious riot from stinky start to fumbling finish. The uniformly abysmal performances from the Hall of Shame Faded (Semi) Name cast provides a lion's share of the unintentional hilarity: Brown projects all the appeal of a smelly plastic bag full of fresh cow excrement, Law cuts loose with the same irritating psycho cackle with appalling regularity, Cameron Mitchell sports a ridiculously fake-looking Santa Claus-style snowy white beard as the wise, gentle Commander Alex Jansen, martial arts movie star James Ryan terribly overacts as the hateful and traitorous cripple MacPhearson, and Graham Clarke sleepwalks through his part as the stolid Captain Scott Devers. Moreover, Cisse Cameron as the spunky Dr. Lea Jansen sure looks cute and steams up the screen with her remarkably sexy hula hoop disco dance. Plus a bunch of yummy psychic alien babes help our heroes out. An absolute cruddy hoot.

matthewmeans If you are thinking about giving the film "Space Mutiny" a try, let me help you understand what it has to offer:Adequate lighting... Shooting in a dark warehouse/brewery is far more of a challenge than working in a carefully designed studio setting, and the cinematography team achieves good results given the circumstances. Incredible variety of hairstyles... Whether bad, worse, horrible, alright or just completely perplexing, this film offers a unique survey of late eighties hairstyles not to be found anywhere else I have seen (in the space of 90 minutes).Admirable ESL performances... Although most of the cast is American or Canadian, several European actors get high marks for turning in good, fluent English dialog with a barely noticeable accent. This is much easier said (no pun intended) than done.John Phillip Law... Mr. Law is a true man of film, a legend in the industry, with a decades-long long ex-patriate European career highlighted by such classics as "Diabolik" and the "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad." Very few American actors have shown the dedication to foreign film that Mr. Law, by attaining fluency in so many languages, has demonstrated. Though his performance in "Space Mutiny" is understandably lackluster, his presence automatically elevates any project. On the other hand... "Space Mutiny" is a very derivative, poorly conceived spoof of the Science Fiction genre that is mostly difficult to sit through.So there it is... judge for yourself.