Flash Gordon Movie Review
Flash Gordon Review
"Flash Gordon" Overview
Rating: PG
1980
Cast and Crew
Director : Mike HodgesProducer : Dino De Laurentiis
Screenwiter : Michael Allin,Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Starring : Sam J. Jones,Melody Anderson,Max von Sydow,Topol,Ornella Muti,Timothy Dalton,Brian Blessed,Peter Wyngarde
In the grand heirarchy of high camp, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is at the top. Flash Gordon is directly beneath it. In many ways, Flash is both as good and as bad as moviemaking gets. The battle between Jones and Dalton on the deadly, spike-ridden, tilting platform hovering over a 50-mile drop is as tense as fight scenes get. The football-inspired fight in Ming's throne room is otherwise. A must-see on DVD for purists and superhero freaks. He will save every one of us!
Reviewer: Christopher Null
