Space Marines
Space Marines
| 28 July 1996 (USA)
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Space pirates, led by diabolical Colonel Fraser, take over a cargo ship carrying anti-matter explosive and an important official. Space marines, led by Captain Gray, must stop their evil plans.

Reviews
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
SunnyHello Nice effects though.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
mike-bird I've seen my fair share of B-films, bad acting, non-existent plot, so bad that they are funny. Unfortunately this film doesn't make it into the last category which may have redeemed it slightly. With the exception of Meg Foster, the characters are out acted by the Thunderbird puppets. The script (script? nothing this bad deserves the name of script) is banal, boring, riddled with inconsistencies and loaded with clichés. It was either written by someone who has never read SF in their life, or was hacked to pieces by the director so it could be filmed for $10.50.It is not even worth seeing as shlock. I tried to give it away but found no takers. The film was a waste of time and effort to film, and is both a waste of time and an insult to the viewer.It deserves a negative vote, I would even settle for a zero, but have had to give it a one under protest. The only worth in this film was in the DVD case.Avoid like poison ivy. Watch a decent B-film like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
michael1951 CAUTION: SLIGHT SPOILER IN LAST PARAGRAPH, although I try to keep it vague.This is the kind of movie you've got to be a fan of one of the cast or you probably won't want to bother seeing it. Considering Meg Foster's one of my favorites, I obviously took the time to look at it.One interesting feature is the interplay between some of the characters. The most obvious is that between Zack Delano (played by Billy Wirth) and Dar Mullins (played by Cady Huffman).The not-quite-so-obvious interplay, though, is that between Capt. Gray (played by Edward Albert) and Cmdr. Lasser (played by Meg Foster). Meg puts on that ice-queen persona that she can be so good at, playing the cool and disciplined starship commander, obviously not liking having to kowtow to galactic bureaucrats, but putting up with it and insisting that her subordinates like Capt. Gray do likewise.Until, in the end, she and Capt. Gray finally DO see eye-to-eye on something, he kind of gives her a thumbs-up, and she gives a VERY slight smile, just a little breaking of that iciness but kind of sweet.
boondocksaint20 I'm dead serious. I caught this one during a Showtime free preview weekend real late at night, drunk off my ass. I must say though, it wasn't that bad. The acting was fairly decent and John Pyper-Ferguson's Colonel Fraser was just an awesome bad guy. I'm serious, this unknown actor actually did an incredible job in an otherwise average B-movie. The action scenes ranged from p***-poor (rifles that eject spent casings, but make laser sounds?!?) to pretty cool. This was a better than average direct to video flick and not a bad way to kill some time though cliched as hell. I give it a 5/10.
Morpheus-33 I just have to say that I thought this movie was awesome. You can't rent this movie and expect it to Academy Award caliber, you have to take for what it is; a fun, cool movie. To me, the thing that really made the movie was John Pyper-Ferguson's portrayal as Colonel Fraser. He was awesome, one of the coolest characters I've seen in awhile. If nothing else, I think everyone should see this movie just to see his performance.