The Last Starfighter (1984)

Directed by Nick Castle. With Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Dan Mason. Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle.

Trailer-park teenager Lance Guest regularly escapes from his humdrum existence by playing the video game Starfighter. His expertise at this recreational endeavor attracts the attention of affable stranger Robert Preston. Before he knows what's happening, Guest is whisked by Preston into the outer reaches of the galaxy! It turns out that the Starfighter game is being played in deadly earnest in outer space, and that Guest is expected to join Preston's Star League, then do battle with the wicked Kodan forces. Guest's principal ally is the lizardlike Grig (Dan O'Herlihy--and we didn't recognize him either). His great rival is the traitorous Xur (Norman Snow).

The way to get rich, they say, is to invent something that's cheap and habit-forming, and get a patent on it. I guess video games would qualify.

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When Alex conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited to be part of an elite legion of fighters and battle for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds - including Earth.

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Are you 11? Is the year 1984? If so, here’s a movie you’re going to want to see. Okay, imagine this: What if those videogames you’ve been feeding quarter after quarter were actually designed to test your skills as an intergalactic warrior?

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test.