The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995) (TV)

Director:

Max Tash

Writers (WGA):

Brian Levant (story) and
Rick Copp (story) ...

Release Date:

1 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Comedy

Plot:

The forces of evil are attempting to recapture a human-inhabited earthlike planet that has been liberated by rebels...

Plot Keywords:

Chained To Wall | Shirtless Male Bondage | Alien | Electric Torture | Spoof

Cast

Daniel Riordan	...	Ty Farrel / Captain Zoom
Liz Vassey	...	Princess Tyra, Pangea's Leader
Ron Perlman	...	Lord Vox of Vestron
Gia Carides	...	Vesper, Vox's High Priestess
Duane Davis	...	Simulus, the Helmet Head Warrior
Gregory Smith	...	Baley, Tyra's Brother
Nichelle Nichols	...	Sagan, High Priestess of Pangea
Rick Copp	...	Happy, Zoom's TV Sidekick
Lloyd Berry	...	Zelantny
David Mylrea	...	Dr. Yal-Tem
Sarah Strange	...	Pangean Girl
Bill Croft	...	Lt. Zorg, Vox Henchman
Ken Kirzinger	...	Vestron Guard
Randy Schooley	...	Sentry
Terry Howson	...	The Great Rea

Runtime:

UK:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG (video premiere)

Company:

MCA Television

Quotes:

Lord Vox of Vestron: You're the high priestess of our people, it would be like making love to my mother. And I never enjoyed that.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Land of the Lost" (1974)

Better you should rent a tape of the real space heroes of the '50s.

Well, I should have suspected it, but this turns out to be a smug and totally inept spoof of "Captain Video and His Video Rangers", television's first space drama which ran on the Du Mont Television Network from 1949 to 1955. In fact, "Captain Zoom" is set on the Du Mont network in 1955. The premise is that aliens are receiving "Captain Zoom" program transmissions and believe that the Captain really does exist as some sort of super Earth hero, so they abduct the actor who portrays him, for their own purposes. The way this film handles that concept is adolescent and almost totally unfunny. A shame, because it could have been pulled off, had they tried less hard to keep reminding us that they were joking about a long-gone TV series. Precious few remember much about the original "Captain Video" series anyway, as only a few episodes survive. You'll do better to spend the time viewing the remaining CV originals, especially the later ones which were done on a fraction of the budget of this bomb but always played fair with its audience. Anyway, "The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space", which was planned to be a series, faded after this one-shot pilot film. And that's merciful.