Sky Pirates (1986)

Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial key. They get lost in a supernatural ... See full summary »

Director:

Colin Eggleston

Writers:

John D. Lamond (screenplay), Rob Mowbray (additional material),

Stars:

John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Hargreaves	...	Lt.Harris
Meredith Phillips	...	Melanie Mitchell
Max Phipps	...	Savage
Bill Hunter	...	O'Reilly
Simon Chilvers	...	Rev. Mitchell
Alex Scott	...	Gen. Hackett
David Parker	...	Hayes
Adrian Wright	...	Valentine
Peter Cummins	...	Col. Brien
Tommy Dysart	...	Bartender
Arron Wayne Cull	...	Logan (as Wayne Cull)
Alex Menglet	...	Sullivan
Nigel Bradshaw	...	Spencer
Chris Gregory	...	Appleton
John Murphy	...	Gus

Storyline

Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial key. They get lost in a supernatural storm and find themselves after an emergency landing in kind of a Bermuda triangle, 5,000 miles off their course. Home again, no one believes Harris' story, and his crew suspiciously denies it too. Harris is thrown in jail, but manages to escape. Together with Mitchell's daughter he seeks the lost part of the key and its secret.

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural | time travel | 1940s | easter island | time warp | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

Australia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dakota Harris

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

John Lamond Motion Picture Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Max Phipps sports peroxided blond hair in this movie.

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Connections

References Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

User Reviews

Dear o dear.

The first half hour of this film wasn't bad at all & I thought it was another ridiculous IMDB rating. Unfortunately it degenerated into a farce and the 3.5 rating ended pretty justified. I don't want to waste much time on this but two scenes were particularly poor & deserve comment. The Russian roulette & Bomber climbing out on the side of the plane, were both laughable (in the wrong ways) in the extreme. The ending was pretty atrotious too. I had trouble also working out how plan of the 'Evil Savage' linked in with the Bermuda Triangle type section, and what control (if any Savage had over that). Also the deaths of the other original survivors & the kidnapping of the girls' father seemed to be glaized over so quick they went unnoticed.

An ok start but awful last hour.

3/10