Garaga

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Japan • 1989 • 100m •

• Directed by: Hidemi Kubo. • Starring: Tim Breese, Ben Coates, Wally Cole, Shannon Conley, Ringo Farkas, David Fuhrer, Toshio Furukawa, Curt Gebhart, Tristan Goddard, Megumi Hayashibara, Keith Howard, Akira Kamiya, Kip Kaplan. • Music by: Tatsumi Yano.

The year is 2755. As a result of a system malfunction, the cargo ship XeBeC goes off-course in a warp gate and ends up within the orbit of the distant planet Garaga. After crashing on Garaga's surface, the crew must find ways to survive from hideous monsters, rabid ape soldiers, and a race of mysterious psychics.

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The plot is sort of a Lost In Space rip-off: a ship with a mixed crew - some of whom seem to have hidden agendas - crashes on a very hostile planet. The crew members struggle to survive animal attacks and each other, while the mystery of their mission unravels. The plotting is a bit complex and far-fetched, but at least it's not boring and predictable. And most importantly, the action animation is good and so are the background drawings. Nothing screams cheap like poorly animated characters or crappy background art. With good-looking production values and a real plot, this piece is already a bit ahead of the average for this sort of exercise.

Unfortunately, the weak characters and slow developing plot line keep this video from being any better. The dialogue is pedestrian and perfunctory and there is no effective comedy relief or other change of mood in the writing. It all works, in short, but it could have been better.

Review by Dave from Ottawa from the Internet Movie Database.

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