Lorca and the Outlaws (1984)
"Starship" (original title)

Things are not going well on the mining planet Ordessa: the conditions are awful, the workers are disgruntled and the management is cracking down by using killer security robots. Only the ... See full summary »

Director:

Roger Christian

Writers:

Roger Christian, Matthew Jacobs

Stars:

Adam Cockburn, Tyler Coppin, Ralph Cotterill

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Adam Cockburn	...	School child
Tyler Coppin	...	Detective Droid
Ralph Cotterill	...	Jowitt
Rebekah Elmaloglou	...	Little girl
Tami James	...	School child
Hugh Keays-Byrne	...	Danny
Michelle Linley	...	School child
Arky Michael	...	Dylan
Peter Morris	...	Soufie
Ben Philips	...	School child
Donogh Rees	...	Abbie
John Rees	...	Priest
Holly Robinson	...	School child
Deep Roy	...	Grid' not 'Kid
Arthur Sherman	...	Controller

Storyline

Things are not going well on the mining planet Ordessa: the conditions are awful, the workers are disgruntled and the management is cracking down by using killer security robots. Only the underground resistence movement, led by Lorca, has a chance of turning around the brutal regime, but the management has hired Danny the bounty hunter to track him and his followers down. Will any of them stand a chance against the brutal hunter and his robot assistants?

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Plot Keywords:

robot | space | futuristic | cult film | independent film

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Australia UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 April 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

2084

Filming Locations:

New South Wales, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Associated-Rediffusion Television, Lorca Film Production, VTC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

An interesting low-budget sci-fi flick if you put some of the bad points behind you.

When I first saw Starship, I was actually pretty impressed. Sure it's kinda dim and has badly cliche'd characters, but I thought the direction and general style of the film lended itself well to the subject matter. It's fun in a cheezy sort of way, and even vaguely artistic to a certain extent. Where things really go wrong is the inclusion of Deep Roy as "Digit"...the robot companion. Oddly enough, most version of this film have mysteriously dubbed over Digits name and changed it to "Grid." Considering it's low budget, Starship comes off as a more entertaining sci-fi style film than alot of higher budget, straight-to-video drek. Just don't take it too seriously.