Yearning to watch 'The Last Starfighter' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Nick Castle-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Last Starfighter' on each platform. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Last Starfighter' right now, here are some particulars about the science fiction flick.
Released July 13th, 1984, 'The Last Starfighter' stars Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of 67 (out of 100) on Metacritic, which assembled reviews from 8 well-known critics.
What, so now you want to know what the movie’s about? Here's the plot: "After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) meets the game's designer, Centauri (Robert Preston) -- who reveals that he created Starfighter as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. Whisked away from the banality of his trailer park life to a distant alien planet, Alex struggles to use his video game-playing skills to pilot a real ship, with real lives at stake."
'The Last Starfighter' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on VUDU, iTunes Store, YouTube, and Amazon.com .
