Prison Planet

1992

Action / Sci-Fi

IMDb Rating 2.7/10 10 391 391

post-apocalyptic future

Director

Armand Gazarian Photo
Armand Gazarian

Top cast

Kim Kopf Photo
Kim Kopf as Shiba
Charley Rossman Photo
Charley Rossman as Zolo
Mark Riccardi Photo
Mark Riccardi as Guard #1
Joycelyne Lew Photo
Joycelyne Lew as Slave Girl #3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 2 / 10

Escape from the prison planet

Reviewed by clintonmarket 1 / 10

I Never Laughed So Hard At A Movie Ever!

I always thought that Mel Brooks was the greatest master of intentional and calculated comedy, but boy was I wrong. I happened to catch this simply awful film on Comet, and I started laughing almost right away. From the silly elongated disco wig on the main villain to absurd sliding sheet metal doors on the "airlock", this film is one of the most unintentionally silly and funny films ever. Maybe this film once aspired to be a MAD MAX ripoff, but instead achieved a level of hilarity not seen since the days of Ed Wood and PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE...If you're looking for a good SciFi film this is certainly not it....But, if you want laughter, this film is one of the most funny films ever produced!
Reviewed by formicidae 2 / 10

Makes you want to BBQ your VCR

This movie is absolutely terrible, which means if you watch it with some friends some night when you have NOTHING else to do, you might actually have a good time (which is why I gave it a 2 instead of a 1).The inane "plot" follows some kind of freedom fighter (I think) who purposely has himself sent to the prison planet (hence the name), so he can find the spiritual leader of the resistance (I think). Along the way, he is sidetracked with stolen slave girls, a convict (go figure) warlord/slave trader, and some guy in a suit whose very presence is perpetually nonsensical.One of my friends summed up the quality of this movie when he said "it's like a porno without the sex". Brutal. Look for the scene in the tent where the lighting actually changes from angle to angle. Or any of the dialogue. Or the hovering spaceship shots (Plan 9 From Outer Space, is that you?). Or the spaceship door that flaps in the wind. This must be the only movie where a hunted man can be found anywhere on a planet with only four bad guys and two cars to do the job (note: if you're on a planet and four guys are looking for you, don't run along the planet's only road).If you want to save yourself the cost of a rental, show your ten year old nephew your copy of Mad Max and ask him to videotape something like it with his friends. It would probably be better. (Though not as funny.)
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