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Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine

Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016) Movie Poster
USA  •    •  83m  •    •  Directed by: Mark Steven Grove.  •  Starring: Casper Van Dien, Cynthia Rothrock, James Lew, Brit Laree, Sara N. Salazar, Sarah Sansoni, Adam Lipsius, Mark Steven Grove, Tyler Weaver Jr., Cordy McGowan, Andy Hankins, Michael Grell, Holly Westwood.  •  Music by: Matthew Adam White.
       A small band of elite alien soldiers join forces with the stellar adventurer Saber Raine. Their mission: Recover stolen cargo from a band of mercenaries on a mysterious planet on the outer rim of the galaxy.

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Image from: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016)
Image from: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016)
Image from: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016)
Image from: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016)
Image from: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016)
Image from: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2016)
I did not expect much when I started watching this one and it did not fail to deliver the not much. A film obviously trying to capitalize on the success of the more recent Star Wars films, but you know, with a lower budget so we get 75% of the movie set on a planet that looks a lot like some woods on Earth and not remotely resembling an alien world. We also get Casper Van Dien in the lead so not much else to say other than it is not very good and for a movie called Star Raiders it is very unclear who the star raiders are as no one raids a single star!

The story, well, Casper is Saber Raine and he stops people killing an alien at the beginning of the film and it is eye rolling the whole story with that so lets continue with the real story of a brother and sister kidnapped! They are being held captive by a Darth Vader like enemy who shows he has the ability to choke the two siblings and really does nothing sinister beyond that and does not even participate in any of the final action scenes. Well this trio of heroes lands on a planet and enlists Saber Raine's help, but they do not really need it too much as they are already on the planet that the siblings are on, how convenient and it saves on budget!

The film tries to do an interesting twist, but it is not all that interesting, because, you know...the movie isn't very good. The weapons frequently hit people and do nothing to them. I kept expecting fat dude with half sunglasses to die as he gets hit dead on three or four time, but doesn't faze him a bit! The villain is still trucking and he lost the top part of his head so maybe their race is just really tough?

The film is just not good and at the end you can tell they clearly expect to have a sequel as there is not too much that gets wrapped up at the end. Not sure if they are going to make this sequel or not, from what I see here at IMDB no sequel has yet materialized. With films like these though, i always wonder how they get made in the first place. I know people do go fund mes, but I just cannot see people donating to have crappy movies made, but not to people who actually need help.


Review by Aaron1375 from the Internet Movie Database.

 

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