Saturn 3

ITC Film Distributors | Release Date: February 15, 1980

3.9	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Ratings

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LamontRaymondMay 25, 2018

IT's so money, and people who deny its greatness are just fooling themselves.

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winzentweenSep 6, 2023

Wow where to begin. This is an odd film. A space horror campy schlock disaster. The making of is far more interesting and worth researching before or after as it explains the WHY as the film will leave you with so many questions. It cost moreWow where to begin. This is an odd film. A space horror campy schlock disaster. The making of is far more interesting and worth researching before or after as it explains the WHY as the film will leave you with so many questions. It cost more to make than star wars and alien but it looked and ended up worse than an episode of 70s tv lost in space. And it has Farrah Fawcett tv actress to cement that cheap feel.

The lead lovers/ couple are food scientists aged in their 20s and...70s...so that's alot but not as distracting as you might imagine and the least of the films myriad of problems. They are trying to save earth from starvation after some kind of war or accident. But they're behind schedule so a scientist is sent to speed up production using a prototype robot which uses foetus brains to learn stuff or something. And there is a dog...But as you might imagine... it doesn't last long.

It also stars Kirk Douglas and Harvey keitel. But it's not 100% Harvey as he refused to do his lines. So his voice is a British actor using a dub much like James earl Jones in star wars a year before.

It's a pervy film too! The robot monster spend the entire film lusting after the Charlies Angel star! I guess he wants to spread his "Demon Seed"!.

It's all totally bonkers and not really worth your time when there are so many amazing late 70s early 80s sci fi films. What is interesting is the first time director died as the film was being made but only after he quit to be the second director on empire strikes back. And the director who took over was famous only for musicals and knew nothing about sci fi or horror ...which weirdly comes across in the filming. It was also the debut for the screenwriter whose draft was then rewritten over 7 times by other hack writers which shows leaving the film a mix of many conflicting ideas...not all bad.

And there is a nude wrestling scene between two men but it's ok as a 9ft sex crazed robot is watching. That same robot used up most of the budget but spent alot of its time falling over or breaking down. It's all bonkers but not very fun. It's really a failed film and once you know the production issues it becomes more of a 'space oddity'. Check it out as a master class in how not to make a sci fi film...there is so much not to learn here.
Thank goodness there is no saturn 1 or 2!… Expand

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