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A Balasaur Score of 38 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 31%, Metacritic 9/100. Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do. Most of the 359 1980s science fiction movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 27m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Captain Benson arrives Saturn 3 with Hector, incapable to controlling his emotions he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do.
231 audience votes
Key crew
- Stanley DonenDirector
- Martin AmisScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Farrah FawcettAlex
- Kirk DouglasMajor Adam
- Harvey KeitelBenson
- Ed BishopHarding (uncredited)
- Roy DotriceBenson (uncredited) (voice)
- Stephanie EnglishTechnician (uncredited)
- Jill GoldstonWoman on World Spaceways Ship (uncredited)
- Vera GouletTechnician (uncredited)
- Douglas LambertCaptain James (uncredited)
- Christopher Muncke2nd Crewman (uncredited)
