FLASH GORDON (1980)
MIKE HODGES
Science FictionAction/AdventureSpaceSuperheroesNigel's ChoiceAbductionFamily ViewingKelly's HeroesRecommendedFantasyMusic
Plot
Plans get foiled time and again for poor young Flash when his girlfriend is kidnapped by Ming the Merciless, who intends to destroy the earth and make her his new concubine. A baroque world of wedding-cake sky castles, crystal swords, hawk-men and a chap who has just twelve hours to save the world armed only with a lantern jaw and a clean pair of tights. Can he avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo? Can Flash save the Earth? Will Brian Blessed's little wings withstand his weight? Watch and see this camp, kitsch classic. FLAAAASH!!!