Star Wreck
A brisk Finnish animated spoof strands an overconfident starship captain and his crew on 21st-century Earth after an alien-fighting adventure.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- witty
- energetic
- quick comedy break
- cult film night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Captain James B. Pirk, the C.P.P. Kickstart, and commanders with names resembling iconic space-opera archetypes frame the short as a direct genre spoof.
The plot and keywords place Pirk and his crew within a conflict involving hostile aliens and space battles.
The four-minute runtime condenses the crew's stranded-on-earth situation and prior planetary rescue adventure into a rapid animated joke structure.
The starship crew finds itself stranded on 21st-century Earth after an extraterrestrial adventure.
Films like Star Wreck, and why
Hardware Wars
short-form science fiction parody with irreverent humor and space-battle spoofing
Space Jam
animated science fiction comedy built around genre parody and brisk comic escalation
Galaxy Quest
cult science fiction comedy using exaggerated space opera conventions for satire
Movie Details
- Director
- Samuli Torssonen
- Release Date
- 1992-01-01
- Runtime
- 4 min
- Rating
- 3.4 / 10 (7)
Cast
- Samuli Torssonen
- Janne Torssonen
- Antti Keskinen
Common questions
- What is Star Wreck about?
- A brisk Finnish animated spoof strands an overconfident starship captain and his crew on 21st-century Earth after an alien-fighting adventure.
- What is Star Wreck like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Star Wreck as breakneck, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Star Wreck violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Star Wreck as mild.
- Which films are like Star Wreck?
- Films with a similar feel include Hardware Wars, Space Jam, and Galaxy Quest.
- How long is Star Wreck?
- Star Wreck runs 4 minutes.
