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Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 43m
  • 70

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

W.D. Richter

Producer:

Sidney Beckerman, Neil Canton, Dennis E. Jones

Release Date:

Aug 10, 1984

Runtime:

1hr 43m

Synopsis

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Cast

  • Peter Weller
  • John Lithgow
  • Ellen Barkin
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • Lewis Smith
  • Rosalind Cash
  • Robert Ito
  • Pepe Serna
  • Ronald Lacey

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Metacritic

70
metacritic
Based on 12 Critics
6.4

USER SCORE (15)

Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Reviews
80
Jun 28, 2017

At its best, which it frequently is, it's a lunatic ball, an extremely genial, witty example of what is becoming a movie genre all its own.

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Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
100
Jun 28, 2017

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai is your typical sci-fi/action/comedy/rockroll/kung-fu/political satire/neo-western/guys-on-a-mission extravaganza.

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Metacritic review by Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
RogerEbert.com
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