Film

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984

Directed by W.D. Richter

  • Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
  • 103 min
  • PG

Rotten Tomatoes67%Metacritic70

Beings from another dimension have invaded your world. You can't see them... but they can see you. Your only hope is Buckaroo Banzai.

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Science FictionComedyAdventuremenacetalentgeniusintellectually giftedtime travelspace waralien invasionlightheartedwhimsicaldisrespectful

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