War of the Planets (1977) (2024)

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1977

Anno zero - guerra nello spazio

Directed by Alfonso Brescia

Synopsis

The ultimate battle... for survival!

A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknown planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies.

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Cast

John Richardson Yanti Somer West Buchanan Katia Christine Vassili Karis Eleonora King Percy Hogan Giuseppe Fortis Romeo Costantini Charles Borromel Massimo Bonetti Malisa Longo Aldo Canti Ryan Paris Daniele Dublino

DirectorDirector

Alfonso Brescia

WritersWriters

Alfonso Brescia Aldo Crudo

EditorsEditors

Carlo Reali Larry Marinelli

CinematographyCinematography

Silvio Fraschetti

Executive ProducersExec. Producers

Doro Vlado Hreljanovic Luigi Alessi

Art DirectionArt Direction

Mimmo Scavia

Special EffectsSpecial Effects

Aldo Frollini

ComposerComposer

Marcello Giombini

Costume DesignCostume Design

Elena De Cupis

Studios

Nais Film Picturemedia

Country

Italy

Language

English

Alternative Titles

Cosmos: War of the Planets, Cosmo 2000: Planet Without a Name, Cosmo 2000: Battaglie Negli Spazi Stellari, Cosmo 2000: L'invasione Degli Extro-corpi, Battle of the Stars, Ο Πόλεμος των Πλανητών, Μάχη στ' αστέρια, Cosmos: Situación límite, Anno zero - Guerra nello spazio, Война планет

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Science Fiction

Themes

Monsters, aliens, sci-fi and the apocalypse Imaginative space odysseys and alien encounters Action-packed space and alien sagas Thought-provoking sci-fi action and future technology Show All…

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23 Sep 1977
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01 Jul 1978
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  • Review by James

    If your science fiction movie contains costumes made out of felt that's an automatic gold star from me every time. EVERY TIME.

    But seriously, does anyone make science fiction movies like the Italians? They're just so god damn wacky that my heart can't help but melt. In this version of the future machines (or maybe just one specific machine?) advises the world on how to live. They're inching closer and closer to complete reliance on machines and one military guy has has enough and he makes it know with one well placed right hook. Next thing you know that guy is sent out into space to find the origin of some unknown signal or something.

    The military uniforms included adorable…

  • Review by pd187 ★★★½ 2

    oh we takin naps to this one. sleepy sunday scifi, kinda like a gallery installation

  • Review by Hollie Horror ★★★½

    Cosmos: War of the Planets was supposed to be a background blunt rolling watch but I ended up laying on my bed absorbed in a cosmic trance. I love when the astronauts arrive on the planet they received a signal from, as they are exploring a breathtaking cave inhabited by bat-winged-eared-telepathic aliens oppressed by a robot I couldn't look away. Granted, the female astronauts are smart enough to be included on this mission but whenever they're alone together all they talk about is how some male astronaut is so smart and sexy, which I mean, I know what it's like to be an undersexed freak hot for smart men but damn, let them do some science talk too!!!! Beautiful music from Marcello Giombini and stunning editing help break up some of the monotonous communication with mission control.

  • Review by Ira Brooker ★★★

    There's a specific sensation I remember from childhood of watching a movie that I wasn't quite old enough to follow. I'd do my best to keep up with the storyline but I'd only really engage during fun action sequences or weird set pieces, embedding the movie in my memory as a series of disjointed high points adrift in an otherwise incoherent fog.

    I had strong flashbacks of that sensation throughout the entirety of Cosmos: War of the Planets, the first of Alfonso Brescia's notorious run of low-budget sci-fi epics. I had only a partial idea what was going on or who anybody was at any given point -- the basic plot involves a starship crew following a mysterious signal to…

  • Review by threepenny ★★

    Not to be confused with the 1966 Italian Sci-Fi movie with the same name that is part of Antonio Margheriti's Gamma One Quadrilogy. Which is what I did! No, this is one of five Italian Sci-Fi movies whipped off in response to Star Wars in the late 70's by Alfonso Brescia. I watched a real crappy and dark YouTube print, which is a shame since the colorful costumes and sets are the main interest. There's a battle in the future, between asking a computer what the right thing to do is all the time, or having a sweaty macho dickhead make all the decisions. Being an Italian production, they resolve this heavily on the side of the sweaty guy. Brescia…

  • Review by Jay D 's Watching

    Actually watched this yesterday evening, but didn't log it until today due to storm-related service outages - wasn't quite how I planned to entertain myself on Christmas Eve, but mother nature can be funny - (and the movie was kind of amusing too, especially the evil computer that looked like a spray-painted cardboard box with some bicycle reflectors taped to it) -hope you're having a safe and happy holiday out there, letterboxd!

  • Review by nosferatu47 ★★★

    Cosmos: War of the Planets is an Italian ripoff of some kind of space movie. Or maybe it's a less dry version of Bava's Planet of the Vampires, with more accessible, powder blue helmet costumes instead of the black leather, S&M looking wears in Vampires. The plot involves a space ship crew exploring a planet ruled by a giant. Lego block looking robot that shoots lights out of its square-shaped eyes and blows up things with pointed lasers embedded in its squarish-looking, Lego arms. The robot has a booming, menacing voice and says the word 'earthling' in a distinct way that is meant to send a shiver down the spines of the powder blue uniform wearing, space ship crew. All…

  • Review by PlooplePop ★★★½

    A rare instant rewatch! But for a good reason. I put this on last night and thought maybe it seemed inexplicable because I was too high to follow it or because I fell asleep briefly in the middle. It didn't feel like something I could fairly review given those circumstances, so I tried again this morning. And while, sure, those factors did compromise my viewing slightly and the plot was a littlemore coherent while sober, the difference in the clear light of day was pretty marginal.

    The movie starts out with a scene of impending space disaster that doesn't make a lick of sense and that (you only realize later) is chronologically out of sequence and had to have taken…

  • Review by LordSlaw ★★★

    "What the hell?"
    "What does it mean?"
    ---two crewmembers reacting to a strange signal affecting their spaceship, and also my initial reaction to Cosmos: War Of The Planets

    But after a few minutes, the proceedings sorted themselves out. Basically, aliens stage a long-range attack on the Earth, and a crew of earth-people on an exploratory mission, rather than return home, are ordered to investigate the source of the attack. They land on a strange planet, set about exploring, and away we go.

    Cosmos: War Of The Planets is a weird movie, but fun-weird, containing many enjoyable elements. On the alien planet, there's a giant killer robot; a race of nearly-nude, bald, pointy-eared, telepathic fellas; a stone gateway with teleportational properties;…

  • Review by PapaMayhem ★★½

    SPACE ADVENTURE SPRINGTIME DAILY MARATHON 2024

    This movie was released the same year as Star Wars. I let that bake in my brain-oven while watching this. Low budget space models that look like the finest visual effects of the 50s. Costumes that are 70% felt. Portable instruments carried by the ships crew that look like repurposed kitchen tools or house cleaning parts. The soundtrack that is mostly synthesizer tinkling with random bouts of Beethoven thrown in. The actors are the typical kind found in these low budget Italian productions. Hammy and given obvious archetypes to play or stereotypes at the least.

    The plot is intriguing in a synopsis. After picking up signals outside the solar system, a ship’s crew is…

  • Review by space1999 ★★½

    Takes a bit to get to the crazy sci-fi action.

  • Review by Daniel Simpson ★★★½

    Lady Gangster may have been the best movie we watched in the Trash Cinema Telethon, but as far as schlock movie marathons go, Cosmos: War of the Planets is the goods we were hoping for. This sci-fi adventure movie comes from Italy, but not the prestigious Italian cinema of your Fellinis or Viscontis, or even the world of gonzo genre filmmakers like Leone or Argento. No, Cosmos: War of the Planets comes from the insanity of nonsensical low-budget genre schlock. If you watch Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst series you should be familiar with this subset of movies. Given the 1977 release, I have to assume the movie was hastily thrown together to capitalize on the success of…

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