Overview: In 2980, death is reversible using a blue liquid called ESSENCE. Space scavengers, Kip Corman and his daughter Taylor, seek to bring back Kip’s deceased wife. After a scavenger transaction goes bad, their pair flee.

While on the run from the evil Elnora, they encounter a scientist who holds the key to finding the legendary Deepstar; a lost ship full of treasure. Soon they realize they aren’t the only ones searching for it.

DVD Verdict: I mean, come on, the title itself gives the game away as to what to expect here and for that alone I already had admiration for a movie I hadn’t even watched yet!

As I am sure followers of such movies will already know, the title of the movie says is all, as back in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s there were a number of cheap Italian knock-off Sci-Fi movies that were flashy and stupid; but, much like this one, they had style, substance and a dynamic, artistic flare.

This is pretty much an homage to those movies, but with much better effects and better actors. OK, sure, the scripted dialogue has its moments of heavy, unapologetic cheese, but at all times the actors deliver their lines with gravitas.

Driven by a dynamic, propulsive plot, the script manages to also throw in some surprises along the way, and whilst there are the predictable scenes dotted here and there, the film works so well on all the other levels that you allow director Garo Setian his moments of plot self-indulgence.

In what is a stunningly enjoyable romp, the always reliable Michael Paré leads the way as space scrounger Kip along with his feisty daughter Taylor (Sarah French), both faced with searching for the aforementioned Deepstar.

Along the way they realize that they are not the only seekers of this dream-fulfilling gizmo - beware Dykstra (Olivier Gruner) - and that the universe is really quite a perilous place (who’d have thought it?)

In conclusion, Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar is a fun, excellently directed film by Setain, and whilst it was obviously made on a low budget, everyone is fully on board, they know what they had to do, and they all came together to bring us a very enjoyable, good old-fashioned space adventure.

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Bloopers
Trailer

Official Trailer