"Cartoon" adventure finds average kid Alex Rogan recruited to defend the galaxy against a sinister invasion after acing a video game in his trailer park.
Off the back of the Star Wars saga and many other sci-fi flicks, this yarn only makes the grade for the kiddies. The special effects are no great shakes, the space scenes having been unconvincingly computer generated. Even the f/x in Star Wars were superior, some seven years earlier.
Jonathan Beteul's script is strictly routine hero stuff, and Nick Castle turns it into the best piece of entertainment he can. Lance Guest plays your typical high school kid made good, and he's a dead-ringer for Kirk Cameron. Guest disappeared fairly quickly after this one though. Other support comes from Catherine Mary Stewart as girlfriend Maggie and Robert Preston as the omnipotent Centauri. Craig Safan provides the heroic score.
Tuesday, July 21, 1998 - Video
Off the back of the Star Wars saga and many other sci-fi flicks, this yarn only makes the grade for the kiddies. The special effects are no great shakes, the space scenes having been unconvincingly computer generated. Even the f/x in Star Wars were superior, some seven years earlier.
Jonathan Beteul's script is strictly routine hero stuff, and Nick Castle turns it into the best piece of entertainment he can. Lance Guest plays your typical high school kid made good, and he's a dead-ringer for Kirk Cameron. Guest disappeared fairly quickly after this one though. Other support comes from Catherine Mary Stewart as girlfriend Maggie and Robert Preston as the omnipotent Centauri. Craig Safan provides the heroic score.
Tuesday, July 21, 1998 - Video