Planet Earth
Seen it?1974 | 74 min | Science Fiction, TV Movie
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, start here.
- The mood
- Mind-bending.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 14 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1974: an older pace and style.
The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 20th-century scientist awakened from suspended animation - just the "breeder" a Confederacy dominatrix has been waiting for! Can Hunt defy the Confederacy and free his downtrodden fellow males, or is he doomed to slavery on Planet Earth? A sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 24K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Marc Daniels
- John SaxonDylan Hunt
- Janet MargolinHarper-Smythe
- Ted CassidyIsiah
- Christopher CaryBaylok
- Diana MuldaurYuloff
- Sally KempTreece
- Jo De WinterVillar
- Claire BrennenDelba
- Corinne CamachoBronta
- Majel BarrettYuloff