BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)

Simply A Masterpiece

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I found this and had to watch for nostalgia reasons. I've just finished watching the movie, and have to admit I forgot how good it was, now i'm really in the mood to watch the series again, shame it doesn't seem to be showing anywhere. With the possible resurrection of He-man, someone needs to bring this back. No idea why it bombed in America, in my opinion its just as good as He-man, if not slightly better. I forgot how close both heroes looked, they could be long lost twin brothers. However I think one of the biggest differences is that unlike He-man, Bravestarr got the girl lol.Whilst some people have commented on the animation, its better than some of todays cartoons (power puff girls, Samurai Jack, Dexter's lab etc) which whilst I don't really watch them , when I've caught them are in my opinion worse animation, and a lot less detailed, and the storyline is just as good today as it was back then, though it had some really bad character names just like He-man, I mean Cactus head?? what an awful name.Definitely worth watching though, even if you did not watch it growing up.

I have some good news all fans of Bravestarr! A two disk DVD set has been released in America that has the Movie "Bravestarr The Legend" on Disk one and has five other episodes on Disk 2. This is a great thing to see happen. Since the movie never aired on TV in America and when it was in theatures my parents did not have the money to take me this has been the first time i have ever seen the movie that shows the origins of how Tex Hex got his powers from Stampede, and how The Shaman gave Bravestarr his four Animal powers. Plus it also amazed me at the fight Bravestarr had to do with 30/30 in order for them to become friends. It also amazed me at how Judge J.B. had to teach Fuzz how to speak English and how Bravestarr had to do his first warning to the Mayor involving that he needed to learn to show respect to Fuzz and his people.

I got this tape sometime in the early 90s after the video vendor himself recommended it and it turned out to be fantastic. This was certainly Filmation's best cartoon and the movie itself is better than the Bravestarr series. The whole effort and theme was perhaps the most creative I've ever seen in any single cartoon and they were also pretty bold when it came to dark themes and violence. The opening sequence for the movie where the tribe is destroyed is amazing. With great characters, some fantastic villains and a nail biting story from start to finish, this movie is something that I personally feel that should not be missed by any fan of cartoons in general. Its too bad that it was so easily forgotten even though not many would have seen it in the first place.

He-man was ending and filmation needed a new hit cartoon.They created bravestarr to replace he-man. Mixing space and wild west shows into one.fimation created a full series plus put a movie in the works. They took a big gamble on bravestarr. The movie would be the pilot to the series and would set everything up.Animation for the film was really good and had a space ace/ dragons lair type feel to it.It also used early computer effects.Released in movie theatres in 1988 as bravestarr the movie, The film was a box office bomb in America. The show also failed on TV leading to the death of filmation studios! The film Would be retitled bravestarr the legend for it's uk release.The movie would not get a VHS release in America. This helped kill the show more. Without the movie pilot, kids didn't get the history of the show the movie set up.bci has announced bravestarr the movie will be getting an American DVD release next year.The film is pretty good, and worth a watch when it gets released.