A Finnish sci-fi parody so chaotic it needs TWO decimal points in its title.
Despite its numbering Star Wreck 4½ - Weak Performance was actually made after Star Wreck V, even though most of it is re-used footage from Andy Bones II, made years earlier... Confused? So is the plot, where Captain Pirk plays Andy Bones on the Halludeck while Romuclans attack The Kickstart.
Production
Glorious zero-budget spaceship models and green screen jank.
Writing
Plot fold-in-on-itself structure that mocks its own existence.
Director
Timo Vuorensola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This entire franchise started as a single teenager's (Samuli Torssonen) animation experiments in 1992, eventually growing into actual feature films with Hollywood distribution.
The 'Star Wreck' series became a proof-of-concept for Finnish fan-made genre cinema, directly enabling director Timo Vuorensola's later Nazi-moon-base film 'Iron Sky' and its crowdfunding success.
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