The Bearded Trio

Guest writer Rhys Thomas reviews a forgotten gem from the 80's, Def-Con 4. Def-Con 4 is a film I watched as a child and then subsequently forgot about. I hunted it down a few years ago when I found out it was made by Paul Donavan and Salter Street films who went on to make Lexx which is one of my favourite TV shows. Fans of Lexx will see a few familiar faces as quite a few of the cast of Def-Con 4 went on to make appearances in the show. Maury Chaykin and Jeff Pustil who played Pa Gollean and Fifi respectively are two of the more recognisable Lexx alumni who made early appearances in this movie. The first quarter of the film is reminiscent of John Carpenter's Dark Star with nice space station scenes with lots of white confined spaces with the odd corridor shot thrown in for good measure, some good shots of the ship above the Earth too. Unfortunately the tone set on the station is noting like the actual tone of the rest of the film which has more of a typ...