Prisoners of the Lost Universe

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Prisoners of the Lost Universe

PRISONERS OF THE LOST UNIVERSE is a fun, rollicking sci-fi adventure. It's also total nonsense. In a good way. Carrie and Dan (Kay Lenz and Richard Hatch) are two strangers thrown together, just in time to travel to a parallel universe via a scientist's wonky machine. Once there, the trio (yes, the scientist tags along) encounters a sadistic warlord named Kleel (John Saxon) who, with the help of his army of shirtless male models, seeks to dominate the multiverse. THIS MOVIE CONTAINS: Roaring, bug-eyed natives! An enormous caveman! A resourceful green dude! Lots of chances for Ms. Lenz to run around in peril! If you enjoy heaping helpings of gooey cheeeze, then this is paradise found!...

First, I can't imagine this can even be found anymore. I saw it one time, in the mid 80s when I was a kid, on T.V. I think it was orginally made for cable. Anyway, my expectations were zero, and instead I enjoyed a great "bad" movie, if you know what I mean. Fun way to spend an afternoon. Why do I even remember it? Because it is so obscure, it is one of those movies I use to test whether a film book (like Maltin) is really comprehensive. Glad to find it on imdb.com.

Three people, guy, girl and scientist are transported to a parallel universe where the evil warlord, not named Ming kidnaps the girl not named Dale, who needs to be rescued by a man not named Flash and a group of diversified people. Clearly a stolen plot, one that is somewhat "universal" pun intended. Film was on the order of a Saturday morning movie. Nothing extraordinary. Guide: No swearing or nudity. Implied sex. Attempted rape. Available on a 50 film multipack.