This is a hoot: they really should have called it Airplane III. Hypersonic Starflight One, piloted by iron-jawed Cody Briggs (Lee Majors) goes into orbit trying to avoid a rogue rocket triggered by an actor attempting a joke Australian accent (though not for long). Some good players are caught up in this doomed venture; Ray Milland grits his teeth and wades through the dialogue like a man eating chalk. One-time rising star Michael Sacks (lead roles in Slaughterhouse Five and Sugarland Express) has a supporting role as the navigator (at least he takes the quick way out as guinea-pig for a failed rescue bid); and even lower in the cast is Robert Englund, now enshrined in the minds of a whole generation of horror film fans for his portrayal of evil Freddie Krueger in the Nightmare On Elm Street shockers.


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