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Instead it’s a cop on the trail of a monster in L.A. You might be surprised given the title, but It does not take place in deep space, and the government satellite that orbited Earth is, again, not in deep space. The unavailability of Deep Space during the 90’s left me conjuring imagery in my head of what the film might be like and I was way off. I remember references to it in Leonard Maltin’s guide alongside various other “movie compendium books” and they never had a good thing to say about it. A moment that can only be a lampoon of the genre, however, as the film lovingly embraces the genre the handful of spoofing moments feel like an unwelcome misjudgement.ĭeep Space is a film that I have been attempting to track down for years. Then there is the bagpipe scene, the oddest moment in the film. Dawn Wildsmith’s fun cameo with the creature throwing personal garments out of a wardrobe into Napier’s face as he attempts to save her. Napier battling to save a character from a scuttling alien-spider-thing, only to throw it into the face of Turkel by mistake and then having to save her. I laughed a few times though, Svenson fondly acknowledging a prostitute who had been brought into the station then catching himself on as he is the Captain, played with perfect comedic timing.

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There are fun moments but not enough to support the whole movie and even at this runtime it feels long. Deep Space still lacks a lot to keep it fun. The film boils down to an Alien knockoff, whilst not as poor as Alien 2 On Earth, it’s almost indistinguishable from the dozens of similarly themed knockoffs made during the 80’s.

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Julie Newmar turns up entirely to move the plot along with psychic visions to guide Napier to the next step in the case (and the writer from having to think too hard about how to get from A to B.) Turkell feels a little out of place and a token love interest to allow Napier’s character to seem a little more manly and wacky.

Svenson is initially good fun, however, his constant confrontations with Napier and Glass become unnecessary and almost feel like a spoof, ordering the pair from his office to the crash scene only arrive at the crash scene to order them back to his office. Knowing a little about Glass’ hair from the aforementioned Firefly it’s strange to see it greased down with a small quiff at the front. Glass is a smooth partner who goes along with Napier’s instincts and the pair have some natural banter. However, it is made apparent quite early on that Napier is somewhat indestructible, taking a bullet to the shoulder in his introductory moments and after simply applying a plaster he is back to 100%. Had these rocks been correctly stored it might have prevented a few needless deaths. It’s clear that Napier is a pretty terrible cop as at no point does he inform one of the kids’ mother (played by the late Elisabeth Brooks) of their findings, whilst also lifting two strange rocks from the crash site, for one them to be hidden under a kitchen table forgotten about until it starts making noises. Napier and Glass have chemistry and prove to be a watchable pair. Operating in the background are shady government organisations who appear to have some links with the crash and surviving entities.

Striking up an interdepartmental relationship with Napier is Ann Turkel who assists him with the investigation and… bagpipe practice. Giving them aggro during their investigation is Bo Svenson, their captain, who has no tolerance for their antics. Charles Napier plays a tough cop partnered with Firefly’s Ron Glass investigating a mysterious crash site and the disappearance of two kids who were in the vicinity.