1984·Science Fiction·1h 43m
7.0
★
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Directed by W.D. Richter
menace
talent
genius
intellectually gifted
time travel
space war
alien invasion
lighthearted
whimsical
disrespectful
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Cast
Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai
John Lithgow
Lord John Whorfin
Ellen Barkin
Penny Priddy
Jeff Goldblum
New Jersey
Christopher Lloyd
John Bigboote
Lewis Smith
Perfect Tommy
Rosalind Cash
John Emdall
Robert Ito
Professor Hikita
Pepe Serna
Reno Nevada
Ronald Lacey
President Widmark
Matt Clark
Secretary of Defense
Clancy Brown
Rawhide
Crew
W.D. Richter
Director
Richard Marks
Editor
Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
Neil Canton
Producer
W.D. Richter
Producer
Bruce McBroom
Still Photographer
Katterli Frauenfelder
Second Assistant Director
Dennis E. Jones
Unit Production Manager
Rick Carter
Art Direction
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Michael G. Nathanson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Michael L. Fink
Visual Effects Supervisor
Popular Reviews
125 reviews
dparasol
10.0★ · 06/18/26
Watched with a friend.
The kind of movie that's just pretty funny if you're a little into 80s action/adventure and sci-fi flicks, and utterly fucking hysterical if you've spent your live delving into pulp heroes and pulp science fiction.
We used to make proper box-office disasters, man.
"Shut up, Big-booty, you coward!"
The kind of movie that's just pretty funny if you're a little into 80s action/adventure and sci-fi flicks, and utterly fucking hysterical if you've spent your live delving into pulp heroes and pulp science fiction.
We used to make proper box-office disasters, man.
"Shut up, Big-booty, you coward!"
Watched with a friend.
The kind of movie that's just pretty funny if you're a little into 80s action/adventure and sci-fi flicks, and utterly fucking hysterical if you've spent your live delving into pulp heroes and pulp science fiction.
We used to make proper box-office disasters, man.
"Shut up, Big-booty, you coward!"
The kind of movie that's just pretty funny if you're a little into 80s action/adventure and sci-fi flicks, and utterly fucking hysterical if you've spent your live delving into pulp heroes and pulp science fiction.
We used to make proper box-office disasters, man.
"Shut up, Big-booty, you coward!"
Smhui
8.0★ · 05/10/26
Que no puede hacer buckaroo banzai?
Que no puede hacer buckaroo banzai?
kebby
7.0★ · 04/24/26
You are... John Yaya. And you... John Smallberries
We are not in the eighth dimension, we are over New Jersey
You are... John Yaya. And you... John Smallberries
We are not in the eighth dimension, we are over New Jersey
Alex Prendergast
5.0★ · 03/30/26
It took me until about halfway through this movie that I realised its purpose as a parody of the heroic pulp archetype. This redeemed it a little for me but couldn’t save it too much. I thought TAOBBAT8thD was very imaginative and it was arguably a fun time in moments. The special effects were really great for its time and rivalled Star Wars. But being a riff off of cheap masculine action heroes, the movie makes great efforts to be completely shallow and prioritise action, again — it works in some places, and doesn’t in lots of others. Overall I was bored with an emerging headache.
It took me until about halfway through this movie that I realised its purpose as a parody of the heroic pulp archetype. This redeemed it a little for me but couldn’t save it too much. I thought TAOBBAT8thD was very imaginative and it was arguably a fun time in moments. The special effects were really great for its time and rivalled Star Wars. But being a riff off of cheap masculine action heroes, the movie makes great efforts to be completely shallow and prioritise action, again — it works in some places, and doesn’t in lots of others. Overall I was bored with an emerging headache.
Abe Froman
8.0★ · 03/27/26
Heh. Boote
Heh. Boote