The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Here's a film that knows exactly what it is. Buckaroo Banzai, polymath, must stop rampaging aliens from Dimension 8, with the help of his Hong Kong Cavaliers. It's hard to say whether this is a perfect film, or just perfectly itself.

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W.D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension in 1984. See W.D. Richter's full filmography, where to start with W.D. Richter, or where to go after you've seen everything by W.D. Richter.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension was released in 1984 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.