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6. Metalstorm: The Destruction Of Jared Syn (1983)

From a cyborg named Baal (whose mechanical arm sprays a poison that traps people inside a giant crystal) to Mrs John Travolta as a ranger seeking vengeance against a warlord named Jared-Syn, this Charles Band production has everything. It€™s a synthesis of Star Wars (cue lots of Death Star trench-like shootouts) and Mad Max 2, and even finds room to rip off the speeder bike chases from Return Of The Jedi. There are no cute Ewoks and the special effects are not particularly special. Originally released in 3D, and bearing a resemblance to the same year€™s Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone, Metalstorm is shoddily made, but it has an ace up its sleeve in the form of Mike Preston, who played the leader of the besieged community in Mad Max 2. He plays Jared-Syn here, but he€™s neither destroyed nor does he unleash a metalstorm.