The Shape of Things to Come

1979

Science FictionAdventure

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.

"Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!"

Rating

4
31 votes

Popularity

0.725

Origin & Countries

CAUS | en | Canada

Production

CFI Investments,SOTTC Film Productions Ltd.

Runtime

98 min.

Status

Released

Release: 5/4/1979

Credits

The Shape of Things to Come

George McCowanDirector

The Shape of Things to Come

Jack PalanceOmus

The Shape of Things to Come

Carol LynleyNikki

The Shape of Things to Come

Barry MorseDr. John Caball

The Shape of Things to Come

John IrelandSenator Smedley

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Reviews

Tourma

10/2/2023

1 / 10

**A slow, dull movie.** A movie that feels like a Star Trek script that was thrown out for being too dull. There is just too little going on for too long. The movie touts that it is based off of the H.G. Wells' story of the same name, though aside from some character names and the title, there is no other correlation. The sets are cheap. The costumes are unremarkable. The robots are blatant knock off of the Lost in Space Robot and R2-D2, but without the pizzazz. The plot is plodding. Jack Palanace acts like he lost a bet and had to be there. I'll give the movie that the two female leads, Carol Lynley and Anne-Marie Martin are attractive and the best actors that I've never heard of. Looking them up, they've been in far better movies. Watch those instead. Also, the explosion _is_ cool. If you still want to watch it, Rifftrax improves it greatly. Though as they frequently put it, "so bad it's still bad." It apparently has also been done by by the MST3K crew for season 13. I'd suggest picking which group of comedians you prefer and watch that, because watching a second time likely won't be worth it.

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