Review of Capture

Logan's Run: Capture (1977)
Season 1, Episode 3
8/10
The Hunting Of The Sandmen
28 October 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Francis finally catches up with Logan, Jessica, and Rem. Leaving Rem in the company of fellow Sandman Benjamin, Francis takes the Runners back to the City Of Domes for reprogramming. En route, Jessica is abducted by James Borden, a big game hunter who lives in a gadget-packed house protected by a force field.

Borden has grown tired of hunting Runners and is after bigger game - Sandmen. Equipped with a laser rifle, he stalks Logan and Francis through the forest, while his wife Irene goes after Jessica...

Richard Connell's 'The Most Dangerous Game' provided the inspiration for several T.V. sci-fi plots, such as 'The Incredible Hulk' episode 'The Snare', here it is pressed into service for 'Logan's Run' and makes a welcome respite from the normal pattern of the series.

Horst Bucholz, who plays 'Borden', was the youngest member of the original - and best - 'Magnificent Seven', while Mary Woronov is mouth-wateringly sexy ( especially in a tiger skin dress ) as Irene.

Logan and Francis work as a team for once. Episode could have been better directed, though; the hunt consists of little else but people running through sunny forests. A few more death traps ( like the pit and the phantom cage ) would have been nice. Francis saves the day by shooting Borden. Logan lost his Gun near the pit, though Rem retrieves it later on. Sandmen are useless without their Guns, aren't they?
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