A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
the vibe
Flash Gordon Vibe
What it feels like
grippinghopefulmoderateeasy to followlight-touchepiclight
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Movie1980·111 min
Flash Gordon
Directed by Mike Hodges
A science fiction adventure film directed by Mike Hodges.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 51%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.3/10
1K ratings
About Flash Gordon
- Pacing
- Gripping (8 of 9)
- Tone
- Hopeful (7 of 9)
- Intensity
- Moderate (4 of 9)
- Complexity
- Easy to follow (2 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Epic (9 of 9)
- Spirit
- Light (9 of 9)
- Texture
- Stylized, Playful
- Story Tags
- freedom rebellion, sacrifice duty, fate destiny, action combat, fantasy mythology, outer space, strangers forced together, group found family, action hero, reluctant hero, quest mission, fish out of water, rescue mission, aliens