Dark Star (1974) Reviews & Ratings

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Dark Star reviews

Dark Star holds a 6.0/10 average from 678 TMDB ratings.

Hilarious, taking the mickey out of science fiction films but still honoring the genre. I love it
— JJJ222cool (10/10)

There was always a dearth of sci-fi movies on the television as I was growing up, and this one used to appear rather regularly - and rather disappointingly too. It's supposed to be funny, but somehow the humour is just too contrived to make for much to remember as a group of astronauts start their twenty-year mission into outer space tasked with destroying unstable planets. Over time, though, the crew start to quest…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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