The Cavaliers track the Red Lectroids to Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems in New Jersey. Because Banzai has now perfected the overthruster, Emdall fears Whorfin and his allies will try to acquire it to free the other Red Lectroids and tasks Banzai with stopping Whorfin otherwise, the Black Lectroids will attack Russia from their orbiting ship, triggering a nuclear World War III that will annihilate the Red Lectroids on Earth as well as humankind. Lizardo's failed test of the overthruster in 1938 allowed the Red Lectroids' tyrannical leader, Lord John Whorfin, to take over Lizardo's mind and enable several dozen of his allies to escape. Parker delivers a recording from Emdall in which she explains that her people have been at war with the hostile Red Lectroids for years, managing to banish them to the 8th dimension. He rescues Hikita, and they manage to evade the aliens long enough for the Cavaliers to rescue them.īanzai and the Cavaliers return to the Banzai Institute, where they are met by John Parker, a messenger from John Emdall, the leader of the peaceful Black Lectroids of Planet 10. When Banzai returns, his electrical shock enables him to recognize them as humanoid aliens, and he gives chase. Simultaneously, strange men disrupt the event and kidnap Hikita. Later, during a press conference to discuss his Jet Car experience, the overthruster, and the specimen of alien/transdimensional life he obtained while traversing the 8th dimension, Banzai is called to the phone, where he receives an electrical shock. After questioning her at the jail, he realizes she is his late wife Peggy's long-lost identical twin sister and bails her out. During a song he performs especially for her, she attempts suicide, which is mistaken for an assassination attempt on Banzai. Understanding that Banzai has finally accessed the 8th dimension, Lizardo escapes the asylum and plots to steal the overthruster.īanzai and his band, "The Hong Kong Cavaliers", are performing at a nightclub when Banzai interrupts their musical intro to address a depressed woman in the audience, Penny Priddy. He was attacked by aliens until freed by his colleagues, emerging changed and violent. Lizardo and Hikita had built a prototype overthruster, but he tested it before it was ready and became stuck between dimensions. Emilio Lizardo, incarcerated at the Trenton Home for the Criminally Insane, sees a television news story of Banzai's successful test. After exiting the mountain and returning to his normal dimension, he discovers an alien organism has attached itself to his car.ĭr. While in transit, he finds himself in another dimension. Banzai tests it by driving his Jet Car through a mountain. Tohichi Hikita perfect the "oscillation overthruster", a device that allows an object to pass through solid matter. Some critics were put off by the complicated plot, although Pauline Kael enjoyed the film and Vincent Canby called it "pure, nutty fun." Buckaroo Banzai has been adapted for books, comics, and a video game and has attracted a loyal cult following.īuckaroo Banzai and his mentor Dr. Box office figures were low and less than half of the film's production costs were recovered. Richter hired novelist Earl Mac Rauch to develop a screenplay of Mac Rauch's new character, Buckaroo Banzai, Richter teamed with producer Neil Canton to pitch the script to MGM/ UA studio chief David Begelman, who took it to 20th Century Fox to make the film. The film is a cross between the action- adventure and science fiction film genres and also includes elements of comedy and romance.Īfter screenwriter W.D. Buckaroo Banzai, a physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, and rock star, to save the world by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10. The film centers upon the efforts of the polymath Dr. The supporting cast includes Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Robert Ito, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Jonathan Banks, John Ashton, Carl Lumbly and Ronald Lacey. It stars Peter Weller in the title role, with Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American science fiction film produced and directed by W.D.
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