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The Shape of Things to Come

Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!

4.1(37)19791h 38m3

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.

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Status
Released
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Language
English
  • future
  • spacecraft
  • based on novel or book
  • robot
  • scientist
  • canuxploitation

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Canada

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG1 Aug 1979
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical24 May 1979
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG4 May 1979
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical12BluRay Veröffentlichung20 Sept 2019

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The Shape of Things to Come was released on 4 May 1979.

Audience reviews

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    Tourma

    10/2/2023

    1/10

    **A slow, dull movie.** A movie that feels like a Star Trek script that was thrown out for being too dull. There is just too little going on for too long. The movie touts that it is based off of the H.G. Wells' story of the same name, though aside from some character names and the title, there is no other correlation. The sets are cheap. The costumes are unremarkable. The robots are blatant knock off of…

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    Wuchak

    11/23/2025

    4/10

    **_Practically any episode of Buck Rogers is a superior choice_** Shot in the fall of 1978, this is a cheesy Star Wars knockoff that merely uses the HG Wells name as a selling point since the story has nothing to do with his 1933 novel. Meanwhile the robots in the story are variations on the Robot from Lost in Space. I mention Buck Rogers because the sets, costumes and FX are comparable to that contemporaneous…

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