if youre one of those people who doesn not really like sci fi because of their sometimes far fetched idea and surreal world perspective and you good stay away as far a you can from stuart gordon space trucker . it truly be an absurd space adventure and stuffed with eccentric character and colorful kitsch and ludicrous plot twist . in all honesty i probably never would have care for this film and if it wasn not for gordon name on the credit . this guy come pretty close to be a genius in the horror genre and with undeniable milestone like from beyond and re animator on his résumé . apparently and stuart gordon like his humor as twist a possible . he already go completely over the comedy top once ( with re animator ) but and with the slight difference that the bizarre humor be effective there . something that isn not really the case for space trucker most of the gag lead nowhere and the entirely exaggerate atmosphere only work in small dos . in the end and all that remain be an occasionally amuse but completely unnecessary mess . dennis hopper and charles dance ( or at least a semi charles dance ) be always a joy to look at and the still stun barbara crampton have a small role near the end of the film . crampton be stuart gordon regular heroine in previous horror film . the story of space trucker be as silly a they come . dennis hopper play the self make loner who feed up with his job . who wouldn not be when youre transport pig across the galaxy for a company name interpork . he see his change to flee while bring his muse to earth . they float into space pirate and find out their cargo be mean to wipe out half the universe . stuart gordon wisely return to make horror again after this little escapade . since space trucker and he already make the sublime ` king of the ant and the absolutely brilliant ` dagon .