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Lifeforce (1985)

Director: Tobe Hooper

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From Time Out Film Guide

Wows-a-routie! If you've never seen this mind-reeling schlocko sci-fi spectacular then hang on to your brains. Adapted by Dan O'Bannon from the Colin Wilson novel The Space Vampires, it starts with something strange happening to a trio of astronauts investigating the path of Halley's Comet, and proceeds with nude extra-terrestrial May turning half of London into sex-crazed zombies. Gasp as Chancery Lane tube goes up in smoke and St Paul's cathedral communicates with another galaxy! Wonder as Messrs Firth and Finlay get through reams of daft expository dialogue without cracking up! Utter nonsense, but great fun.

Author: TJ 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Joe Dickson said...
    Posted on May 19 2008 13:53 Lifeforce is a highly entertaining sci fi movie that is great fun to watch but not to be taken serious for a microsecond. Sometimes categorized as Grade B films these kinds of movies are often underrated by so called critics who do not take in to consideration that not all movies are boring Academy Award candidates . Mathilda May is absolutely the most perfect woman I have ever seen. I love Sean Young but May has her beat which is nigh impossible. May is an 11 and Young is a 10 out of a 10 point system. Mathilda will you go out with me for a hamburger? Sean Young doesn't return my calls. Yeah right I won't hold my breath. Movies like this are why I watch movies. 3.5 stars out of 5.
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Cast & crew

Director: Tobe Hooper

Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus

Cast: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball full cast

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Duration: 101 mins


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