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 and story) (as John Lamond), Rob Mowbray (additional material) (as Rob Moubray)

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:

alien | folklore | time travel | supernatural power | psychotronic film | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Hargreaves received top / first billing, Meredith Phillips received second billing and Max Phipps received third billing.

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Connections

References The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

User Reviews

An exercise in how not to do everything in a film.

There are good films I have seen. There are good films I won't bother watching e.g. Love Story. There are poor films of good books, which is annoying. There are bad films that are so bad that they get a cult following. Then below that there are films that the word bad isn't enough, i.e. There's bad films and there's BAD.

I cannot find a single redeeming factor to this film. It is obvious that this film had a household sized budget, but that is no excuse for poor dialogue hanging plot lines, disjointed direction, poor acting, and the list goes on. It is unfortunate that I cannot give this film a score of 0.

The only way I could recommend this film is to film students as an exercise in how not to do everything in a film.

Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1986 (Australia)

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