Space Mutiny is one of those films of 1988 that were inspired by the popularity of Star Wars. Just be thankfully that it's no Turkish Star Wars.
The film starts off IN SPAAAAACE...with an opening narration. "About thirteen generations ago the overpopulated earth built a self-sufficient colony ship called the Southern Sun and taken its 10 lightyear journey to a new un-colonized world. While the current descendants have accepted the Southern Sun as their home other descendants have other plans". We cut to the engine room where Kalgan (played by John Philip Law) and his Enforcers are setting up explosives before cutting to a space dogfight between the Southern Sun's Stingray Vipers and Space Pirates. There we are introduced to David Ryder (played by the Big Ass Motherfucker himself Reb Brown). As David along with a Professor Spooner preparing to land the explosives in the engine room damaged the landing guidance control causing David's Stingray Viper to crash into the landing bay. Fortunately David was saved via Emergency Beam Off system; seriously the film would be too soon if our Big Ass Motherfucker actually dies. But unfortunately Professor Spooner died in the crash not sure why he didn't get beam off I guess the important characters come first. Of course this doesn't go well with Lea Jansen (played by Cisse Cameron) as she blames David for saving himself and leaving the professor to die.
After the crash it is reveal that Kalgan is plotting a mutiny against the Southern Sun by forcing the ship to enter the Corona Borealis system where it's infested with space pirates. Later at a outer space hula hoop dance club...at least that's what it looks like to me. I could not make this up and also I'd party here. Anyway we meet up David and Lea at the hula hoop dance club where they set aside their differences and become friends. And before you ask yes they do become love interest and fun fact Reb and Cisse are married in real life. David and Lea spots one of the bridge lieutenants arrested and killed by Kalgan. This springs David and Lea into action which leads to a rather impressive go-cart chase with laser and explosions. However, Kalgan escapes and calls in reinforcements but that them from showing off some badassery. David and Lea managed to take his reinforcements and retreat to the bridge. The bridge commander Alex Jansen (played by Cameron Mitchell) who is Lea's father is well-informed that Kalgan is staging a mutiny and decides to place David as the new flight commander and in in-trust that he maintain peace and gunning down douchebags while giving out his patented death-squeal. Kalgan doesn't take that so easily and retaliates by kidnapping Lea and tortures for the countermeasures info. Of course David beats up most of the Enforcers men and rescues Lea. I'm skipping ahead a bit to the end. After a fierce laser fight between the Enforcers and David's men; David pursues Kalgan which leads to another go-cart chase. David gets ahead of Kalgan, turns his go-cart around, speeds towards him, and jumps out of the go-cart before crashing into Kalgan. So the Southern Sun is saved, the Enforcer are dealt with, and Kalgan is defeated...OR IS HE!? Seriously the film ends with Kalgan surviving the go-cart crash and biggest disappointment is that there's no sequel after that revealing this ending as far as I know.
My Final Verdict: This film just grows on me in a way; I understand why guys like Spoony love this film. Sure most of the space dog fights are ripped off from the classic Battlestar Galactica, but this film has heart. I say give it a browse go look it up on YouTube and watch it.
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