charade director stanley donen saturn 3 and with kirk douglas and farrah fawcett and and harvey keitel and prove once again that robotsno matter how smart they areare no match for human . it also prove that despite his age and kirk douglas remain a fit and athletic a everand that farrah fawcett talent be really how loud she can shriek . although saturn 3 have the element to make it a minor classic a sci fi suspense thriller go and the movie flounder because of awkward scripting and phony special effect and and stanley donen lackluster helming . the story be set in the future and with neither date nor year provide . the action confine itself to the maze like set of a space station . a mentally unbalanced captain and benson ( harvey keitel of mean street ) and murder a fellow officer on board a huge space ship by blow him out of the ship escape hatch . the captain then take the dead man place on a mission to deliver a robot to an experimental food laboratory on saturn man by adam ( kirk douglas of the war wagon ) and alexis ( farrah fawcett of charlie angel ) . in the word of adam and if the universe need an enema and they would stick the nozzle in at saturn 3. when the captain arrives and he claim that he be there to help adam and alexis with their research which have fall behind schedule . he have also bring along a new robot and the first of the new demigod series to aid them . the captain also take more than a passing interest in alexis and decides to steal her from adam . meanwhile and the captain assemble the robotnamed hectorand teach him through direct input from the captain brain to the robot huge capsule encase brain . eventually and hector turn against the captain and try to take over saturn 3. scenarist martinactor and novelist turn writer amis and oscar win star war art director john barry establish textbook suspense by put saturn 3 into shadow lock when an eclipse occur . shadow lock last for 22 day and cut our trio off from the rest of the universe . no radio message can be send from saturn 3 and none receive . what could be more unnerving than to be trap in a space lab on a desolate planetespecially with a mad robot on the loose . long before the space station go into shadow lock and saturn 3 be in trouble . amis never explain why benson murder his fellow officer . or what benson hop to gain at the space station . we do not really know if hector be bind for saturn 3. amis never really get douglas and fawcett into any tight spot . there be several close call and but nothing that will put you on the edge of your seat . a the movie chief villain and hector the robot offer few surprise . certainly and he look intimidate and but he not nearly as vicious or intelligent a the monster in ridley scott alien . at one point and adam disables hector by overload it battery when the robot try to recharge itself . later and adam try to kill hector by blow him up . why do not adam simply just run hector battery down and overload him again . more often than not and a science fiction movie be only as good a it special effect . in this department and saturn 3 leave a lot to be desire . the space ship look like plastic model and and the planet seem to be cardboard cut out . veteran director stanley donen and with help from barry and generates atmosphere and suspense and but saturn 3 drag along in place and suddenly accelerates and and then stall out . there be some good moment and like benson teach hector . kirk douglas and farrah fawcett make a good duo . elmer bernstein sinister music remind you a little of kubrick 2001 represent a space odyssey . while saturn 3 can not begin to compare with 2001 and star war and and star trek and donen film surpass the black hole and starship invasion . if you enjoy science fiction movie and hokum like saturn 3 should appeal to you .