The Film (4/5)

    John Canyon (Dennis Hopper) is a space trucker who has been a bit down on his luck recently. His latest shipment (SQUARE PIGS!) is days behind schedule, and he  finds himself out of work for the company he was freelancing for. Desperate for work John accepts a rush offer to take sex robots to Earth, the very place his fiancee Cindy (Debi Mazar) wants to go. Accompanying them is Mike, a rookie trucker, who after defending John in a fight finds himself also on the outs with the company. They will discover that their cargo is anything, but sex robots, and puts them in a difficult position getting back to Earth, as a group of space pirates want what they are carrying.

    Space Truckers is the 1996 film by Stuart Gordon it's basically the follow up to his earlier "Fortress" and represents one in a series of science fiction films like From Beyond, Robot Jox and the aforementioned titles he did earlier in his career. Gordon, of course, will always be known for his debut film Re-Animator, but sadly has not made anything new in about 10 years.  Space Truckers has a comic like tone to it that works well in its favor blending solid action sequences with interesting character moments, and comedic interludes that would not feel out of place in a show like Red Dwarf.

    The cast of Space Truckers is quite solid with a great lead in Dennis Hopper, who doesn't bring anything more than his "Dennis Hopper-ness" to the role, but his charisma in bringing Canyon to life is fantastic. We also get Debi Mazar and Stephen Dorff as his companions and they offer solid chemistry together. Future Game of Thrones star Charles Dance has a solid turn as scientist-turned-cyborg who has a memorable near sex scene with Mazar, and we also get Cheers' George Wendy in the films earlier scenes as a key figure who really gets the plot started, and offers  a few humorous early moments. Of course, being a Gordon film we get a cameo by Barbara Crampton toward the end in a very funny role.

Audio/Video (4/5)

    Second Sight presents Space Truckers in a solid 2:35:1 1080p AVC encoded transfer.  For the most part things look solid here, color is well-reproduced, detail is solid. However, it did appear there was some slight fading in parts and me think this could come from an older master. That being said it's certainly an upgrade from what came before.

    Audio is handled by a very solid LPCM stereo track, I did not detect any issues here, and audio came through crisp and clear.

Extras (3/5)

    There are 3 new interviews with director Gordon, composer Colin Towns, and art director Simon Lamont.

Overall

    Space Truckers is an absolute blast, and I believe a totally underrated film, not just in Gordon's overall oeuvre, but in 90's sci-fi in general. The Blu-ray gives fans a solid upgrade of a film that needed it, and some solid extras. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.