In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping.
Practical Effects
Charming cardboard spaceship interiors and dust-filled alien mining town.
Acting
Richard Farnsworth elevating every scene with quiet gravitas.
Costume
Spaghetti western dusters meet discount Battlestar Galactica.
Director
Conrad E. Palmisano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Conrad E. Palmisano was primarily a legendary stunt coordinator—this was his only feature directing credit, which explains the competent action and wobbly everything-else.
Released the same year as Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Silverado, this was the forgotten middle child of 1985's western revival—except with laser guns nobody asked for.
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