A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Satterfield | ... | Steve Armstrong | |
| Hamilton Camp | ... | Shorty | |
| Claudia Christian | ... | Quinn | |
| Marc Alaimo | ... | Rogor | |
| Shari Shattuck | ... | Jade | |
| Armin Shimerman | ... | Weezil | |
| Brett Porter | ... | Wayne | |
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Charles Tabansi | ... | Troy |
| Michael Deak | ... | Horn | |
| Jack Carter | ... | Announcer | |
| William Butler | ... | Skull | |
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Grady Clarkson | ... | Commissioner Dent |
| Dave Thompson | ... | Doctor | |
| Ken Clark | ... | Marcus | |
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Diana Rose | ... | Space Lady in Nightclub |
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Steve Armstrong is a human short-order cook in a fast food restaurant on a "starstation" where the most popular arena fighting tournament in the whole galaxy is held. Members of various alien species fight one on one, often dirty, to become the ruling champions of the galaxy. The restaurant's sole waiter and Steve's boss is Shorty, a short four-armed scheming humanoid alien. When Steve saves Shorty from a particularly unpleasant and violent alien guest, they're both fired by the restaurant's automated A.I. for brawling. Shorty shows gratitude and they become friends. However, without jobs, they'll both be kicked off the space station. Thankfully, Quinn, a human female no-nonsense fighting promoter, who's in quick need of new fighters, hears about Steve's fight with the alien guest and offers him sponsorship. Human fighters have traditionally been defeated easily by naturally tougher alien fighters in previous tournaments and Steve would be a real underdog. Shorty manages to convince ...
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For a thousand years no human has been the champion. He wants to be the first. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 September 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Arena - Nur einer Überlebt See more »Filming Locations:
Empire Studios, Rome, Lazio, ItalyCompany Credits
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Music and Lyrics by Paolo Rustichelli
Performed by Shari Shattuck
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Finished in 1988, not released in USA until 1991. See more »Goofs
During all the fights in the arena, many of the spectators in the crowd are just painted cutouts with clothes draped over them. See more »Quotes
Space Comic: Oh, I could stay all night, folks, but I gotta go. A hand for the boys in the band, and remember, I hate your guts!See more »
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I Love the BarbarianMusic and Lyrics by Paolo Rustichelli
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This movie is sort of like "Robot Jox" in that it has a tournament. It isn't like it, in that it is fights between aliens. The alien in this case being a rare human ready to become the first human champ in some time. All the standards are here for this type of movie with a villain, betrayal and all that good stuff that make movies of this type so predictable. It does not help that the fights are lacking any real punch as they are nothing like the high energy fights you get in an anime or any Jackie Chan movie. Still though you have loads of alien creatures to look at and some attractive female leads. That, however, does not a movie make so for the most part it is a by the numbers sports movie with an alien twist.