ablebravo I'm not even going to dignify this film with a "1". This is one of the few times when I wish the IMDb page was equipped with negative numbers. I've inflicted some pretty bad films on myself over the years and most of these have been bad horror films. For some reason, I'm more forgiving of a bad horror film than I am a bad sci-fi. I love the genre too much to sit thru a bad sci-fi but OH MY GOD did I ever choose a stinker this time!! This steaming pile even made the worse "made for SyFy Channel" productions look GOOD!There's not too much good can be said about Star Quest other than the DVD box has nice cover art. I think that's where whatever budget the makers of this drek had at their disposal put it all because it certainly didn't go into the making of the film. There was no acting, no story, no directing, no motivation, no momentum, no humor (oh they tried a couple of times...), no drama, no excitement, no heart, no quality, no guts... so basically there's no reason to watch this... none at all.I'll almost give some semi-points for the CGI views of the ship and space although even Babylon 5 - using 15 year less advanced computers and software - got smoother motion from their computer models. I won't grant that (semi)point because everything else was just so damn bad.The set decoration looked like cast-off store displays from a department store - for EVERYTHING. Although the "Odyssey" looked to be a starship about the size of Illinois, the sets themselves were so damn cramped it looked as if the "actors" had to avoid running into the camera every time they moved... and there were only 6 or 7 people aboard the ^%$^$ thing! Oh and speaking of the people: We had the "Uhuru"-ish communications officer (who couldn't act), the "Sulu"-ish navigator (who couldn't act), the ship's doctor who looked as if she'd just started college (at least she didn't have a Southern accent but still couldn't act!), the ship's engineer (named "Troy"... ahem! who, not too surprisingly, had a Scottish accent, but also couldn't act), some idiotic cross between a Klingon and a Borg - two of them, actually - both of whom seemed to be covered in old computer parts and cellphone carcasses as some sort of "cybernetic modifications" and modifications or not, neither of *these* guys could act! Finally, our High School Football Hero playing the great Captain. Do I need to say that he couldn't act, either? Honestly, though, I would have been willing to overlook the crappy SFX, crappy set design, crappy dialog, crappy story, etc. if there had actually have been any decent acting but alas, there was none of that to be found here. The entire production tanked. BAD.In the closing credits there was actually an on screen "thanks" to Gene Roddenberry who should, in all rights, rise from the grave just to strangle everyone associated with this abomination for even mentioning his name.Do I recommend it? NO. Not even for a laugh.10/100

louis-skipper I agree with all the comments so far, especially the bit about the captain talking into the sleeve of his shirt as if it was a communicator. But here's my question: How bad of an actor do you have to be when it even looks fake when all you're doing is walking down a passageway? I can see doing a poor job pretending to fight (and believe me, these guys do a poor job) or showing emotions that you are not feeling, but walking down the hall or across a room? How hard is that. Normally, I reserve my Redbox videos online and only do so after checking with IMDb. Sadly, I didn't do so this time. So, instead of an hour or so of entertainment, I had to do the dishes and laundry.

Jared Prophet I rented this from Red Box. When I pulled the disc out of the case, I noticed the disc was super scratched on one side towards the edge. I wondered how it could get like that and still be in service.Then I put the disc and and saw. No one could possibly get far enough into the movie to hit the bad spot on the DVD.The movie opens with a 3 minute history lesson that seems like 3 hours. This is followed by a fight scene between 2 guys in an alley that goes on too long. Followed by an endless succession of people walking through weak sets talking about nothing vital.Horrible.

pfarabee-1 I usually don't mind spending a dollar at a "video rental box" on titles that will likely not be very good, because hey.. it's a dollar. With this title one, however, I officially want my dollar back. Idiotic dialog. Awkward plot devices. Bad sets. Bad costumes. Bad choreography. Laughable effects. Horrific acting. In fact, the only redeeming quality is the occasional B-movie style sexual innuendo. Unfortunately, it is accompanied by a complete lack of anything even remotely sexy. They even found a way to make the requisite "scantily-clad woman" scene boring and unappealing. Spoilers are impossible with this heap.. there's nothing to spoil! Give this stinker a wide berth.