Fugitive Alien (1987) (TV)

User Rating:

1.9/10   

Directors:

Minoru Kanaya
Kiyosumi Kuzakawa

Writers:

Keiichi Abe (writer) &
Bunkou Wakatsuki (writer) ...

Release Date:

1987 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Marauding Wolf Raiders in Space Chase to the Death.

Plot:

An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans. |

Plot Keywords:

Reverse Footage | MST3K | X Rayed Skeleton | Forklift | Space Opera

Cast

Tatsuya Azuma	...	Ken
Miyuki Tanigawa	...	Tammy
Jo Shishido	...	Captain Joe (as Joe Shishido)
Choei Takahashi	...	Rocky
Tsutomu Yukawa	...	Dan
Hiro Tateyama

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18

Company:

Sandy Frank Enterprises

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): One of the dials on the ship says "tenperature".

Quotes:

Ken: What did I do to deserve this?
Captain Joe: We don't deserve half the things we get.
[laughs maniacally, then abruptly stops]
Captain Joe: You're stuck here!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (#4.18)" (1991)

Cheesy indeed, but at least not boring.

I very short lived TV series packaged into a movie brought to us by Sandy Frank; who has brought the Gamera films and Time of The Apes overseas. This movie(?) actually isn't all that painful. The plot makes sense, and you can actually tell who the characters are. So it is watchable, just rediculous. Several things aren't explained. Like who exactly these Wolf Raiders are, why they wear wigs to the battlefield, and several behavoiral patterns that just make you go "huh?". Also the hero has the strengh of ten men and can stop forklifts at full acceleration, yet falls down from a clean punch.

The most frustrating thing i found with this movie and plenty of the Sandy Frank films i've seen is this "failed plan" thats in each movie. Here's an example: Our hereo is trapped in prison, so he supports himself up against the top corner of the cell hiding from view. The guard is about to open the door to search the cell and inadvertantly let the captive go. But he spots his foot first, as says "get down from there." end scene. What was the point of that scene? Next he ties an explosive to a cell door to bust it open, and it fails. So we watch him carefully take his time and wire another two explosives to open the door. Another waste of time! It's just disguised film padding.

This movie stands on it's own as something to pass time on a rainy day, but the MST3K version is golden. Probably my favorite episode ever because of Joel Hodgson's dead on and hilarious impersonation of Captain Joe from the movie. No matter which version you watch I'll guarantee you'll be quoting "haa-hahahahahaha-haha-haaahahahaYOU'RESTUCKHERE!"