it take me a few year to hunt down this title and a major staple of my childhood . almost every trip to the video shop i would pick out space raider and watch it three time every time my mother rent it for me . it be and i suppose and my star war . it a shame then that it such a stinker . my memory be so hazy that it offer nothing in term of nostalgia so i have to take it at face value . a crew of space pirate accidentally kidnap a pretty annoying little kid and spend the rest of the movie try to get him home . aim squarely at the under ten it get unwelcome slapstick and very shoddy costume and make up and recycled special effect and wobbly set and poor acting . but even with the unintentional comedy it no fun to see it a an adult and where i can pick out not just the technical fault but wonder at how spectacularly the writer and director manage to botch an endless stream of no brainer fun or powerful moment that have be see in a million other sci fi movie and in the hand of anyone remotely competent should have be successful . i imagine a a kid i probably find it quite empower there be lot of i can not do this and i be just a kid sure you can kiddo and you just have to try . type exchange while the kid drink beer and etc . and but even by low budget 1983 sci fi standard this one pretty awful and with a real snoozer of a finale .