When the Moon is knocked out of orbit by unknown forces and wreaks havoc on the Earth's weather, a plane carrying professional football player Flash Gordon (Sam Jones) and self-professed NYC girl Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) is forced down and the pair are thrust into the arms of Dr. Hans Zarkov (Topol) -- the lone scientist who knows the cause of the planet's peril. Using the old "my telephone is in the rocket" trick, Dr. Zarkov shanghi's the couple and launches all three of them into space and toward the source of the cosmic disruption. Thus begins Flash's great adventure as he unites the many provinces of Mongo in revolution against the forces of Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow), the man responsible for Earth's imminent destruction...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
