Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

1985 "He alone has the power"
6.4| 1h47m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 17 May 1985 Released
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Country: United States of America
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Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.

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Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Aleksandar Sarkic I see the view from many people that this is just bad rip off of Star Wars original trilogy, i agree that Starchaser is very similar in story to Star Wars but i not agree that this is bad movie. I remember that i have watched The Legend Of Orin as a kid, but looks like some distant dream, but finally i had an opportunity to watch it again after so many years and yes i had big smile when i finished watching it. The animation is okay for that time, it is typical for the 80s decade not good or bad, characters are okay, i mostly like smuggler Dag Diblirmi, he is most charismatic character yes he reminds a lot to Han Solo but has some uniqueness, also like the android girl Silica she is so sexy. Zygon is just fantastic evil character, Anthony De Longis did a really good job voicing him, another plus is music, it gives epic feel to the movie, really nice. In some parts the movie is very violent, it is mostly space opera movie, but i also see some Cyberpunk elements like man-droids in the swamps, android girls, big city sprawls full of corruption and crime. But mostly i like the Mining world and slaves who believe Zygon is there god and must obey him, looks somehow to our real world. I recommend this one to everyone who loves retro things and nostalgia and to all space opera and fantasy lovers, there are some cheesy 80's moments, bad script and Robot riding a horse but it gives that vibe that all we loved about the 80's. My grade 7/10.
wrightiswright Despite being a shameless rip-off of Star Wars and Logan's Run (among others) and having a rather stupid title, Starchaser (You can read the full name for yourself) is actually a very interesting film to watch.Blessed with decent animation (for the 80's), a reasonable story and plenty of action, this is one of those movies where you stick it on, expecting to mock it, but you actually end up having a pretty good time.Of course, nothing can take away from it's obvious plundering from it's far better known sci-fi brethren... The hero is the spitting image of Luke Skywalker, his laconic smuggler best friend is an easy match for one Han Solo, and even the cynical computer sounds just like C3PO.If you can just past that though (And, quite a bit of casual sexism... Check out the 'fembot' with the big booty) then chances are you'll enjoy yourself. The space battles, whether they be fought with ships or fists are quite captivating, and surprisingly bloody... No Disney film is this. There's also a fair few good jokes, if you listen hard enough.So, for a rather rare title, Starchaser ain't bad at all. I can certainly think of a handful of inferior but much better known animated titles that deserve to languish in obscurity more than this worthy effort... 6/10
Garth Tatsudomo I saw a review for this movie by my favorite critic and took a look at the movie myself, and I am not pleased with the results. I'm not even sure why this movie has a 6.7 rating. Above all things, every single character is bland and uninteresting, even the villain, the staple that supports the whole movie. Also, it completely rips off the much more interesting Star Wars trilogy. I was surprised the villain didn't turn out to be the main character's father. The basic plot is this bland main hero finds this magical sword and is told by this old ghost guy to take down the evil overlord. Sound familiar? He then runs into a Han Solo wannabe and flies off in the "Millennium Falcon" (with a built-in C-3PO), and eventually runs into a princess, who, surprisingly, isn't his long-lost sister (or maybe she is and it was never established, just like everything else about any character). There's also this sub-plot about this whiny kid being blind, but that's barely any more interesting than the "much more interesting" actual plot. And there's also this moment where the Han Solo wannabe grabs a female robot for no reason and tinkers with her on the ship to, apparently, make her love him. That just made him creepy, and he must have been really lonely if he wanted to tap some robot-ass. About the animation, I'd give it a .5 on the score for being half-decent, but there's no option for that. I can't even give it a 0, which it deserves. Some of the scenes seem unfinished or uninteresting. Overall, I am not pleased with this even existing, and for Rilean Pictures, if you're still trying to make a live-action remake of this movie, they already did that. It's called "Star Wars"!!!
Dmitry Zemskov This cartoon brought me back to childhood. Although earlier I never saw it. This is a tremendous atmosphere of cosmic stories of the eighties. Filled with buttons, spaceships and anthropoid robots. Not without influence of Star Wars. Jedi and the force is also present here. I am delighted as a child. 3D is simply a set of layers but it looks good on small screens like TVs revealing their full potential. But watching the projection of large size probably is not very good because too much parallax throughout the film. I want to believe that someone would reissue this cartoon now on BlueRay3D and I think that it will be claimed.