10 Blockbuster Rip-Off Films That Are Actually Worth Watching

9. The Man Who Saved The World (1981)

Few Star Wars knock-offs are as audacious or as jaw-on-the-floor strange as The Man Who Saved The World, which rips off footage from George Lucas€™ film, steals John Williams theme from Raiders Of The Lost Ark and throws in ninja battles for good measure. There€™s no use attempting to summarize the plot (particularly as some prints aren€™t subtitled), but suffice it to say, if you€™ve ever wondered what the Turkish equivalent of Ed Wood might assemble if given free rein to cobble together his own space opera, this is that movie. In amongst all the stock footage are zombies, wizards and skeletons on horseback, though special mention must be made of the film€™s villain, who wears shoulder pads and spiked headgear. Unlike Darth Vader, though, he€™s defeated way too easily €“ all the hero has to do is karate chop him in half.