Synopsis
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Captain Benson arrives Saturn 3 with Hector, incapable to controlling his emotions he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.
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Cast
- Kirk DouglasMajor Adam
- Farrah FawcettAlex
- Harvey KeitelCaptain Benson
- Douglas LambertCaptain James
- Christopher Muncke2nd Crewman
- Ed BishopHarding
- Roy DotriceBenson
- Vera GouletTechnician
- Jill GoldstonWoman on World Spaceways Ship
- Stephanie EnglishTechnician
Recommendations
- 40
Washington Post
Stanley Donen's otherwise witty and diverting science-fiction thriller Saturn 3, a parable of jealousy set on a remote, futuristic Eden suddenly contaminated by insane lust, suffers desperately for the lack of an epilogue. As a result, an hour and a half of tense, funny sexual melodrama is squashed flat by a dud of a fadeout. [18 Feb 1980, p.B1] - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
The level of intelligence of the screenplay of "Saturn 3" is shockingly low - the story is so dumb it would be laughed out of any junior high school class in the country - and yet the movie was financed. Why? - 20
Empire
Despite the always-good Harvey Keitel, this is just embarassing sci-fi nonsense. - 20
TV Guide Magazine
Douglas grins and grimaces through his role as the ultimate defender of beautiful Fawcett, and it's all pretty dreadful. - 10
Variety
Douglas is sprightly, but he has to handle some pretty awful lines in this Martin Amis script [from a story by John Barry]. Keitel’s dialog, if quoted, would be on a par. - 0
Time Out
Just another miserable muddle from the Lew Grade empire; there's more fun to be had cleaning out your cat litter tray. - 0
Newsweek
The best and perhaps only way to enjoy Saturn 3 is to pretend that you're watching a "Saturday Night Live" parody of Saturn 3. Imagine that Harvey Keitel is one of the Coneheads, that Kirk Douglas is the guest host, lampooning his own overemphatic acting style, and that Farrah Fawcett is, well, Farrah Fawcett. Viewed in this light, the unintentionally risible dialogue by Martin Amis becomes sparkling comic repartee. Keitel to Fawcett, with nary a flicker of expression in his voice: "You have a beautiful body. May I use it?" [10 March 1980, p.88H] - 0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
As should be obvious by now, Harvey Keitel is a lucky man indeed: how many actors, stuck in an atrocious film, have so many immortal lines? [20 Feb 1980]
