Logan's Run 1976| 120mins | dir: Michael Anderson | starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov | 3.30pm, Sunday 15 August, Five | Also available from Amazon reviewed by Lebby Eyres uploaded: 10-08-2004 A cheesy sci-fi special from the seventies offers sterling Sunday afternoon entertainment… You must have seen it? Or at least watched the Saturday teatime spin off series? You haven’t? Well, then – you’re in for a treat. If you like this sort of thing, that is – but then any adult who was raised on a diet of Dr Who, Blake’s Seven and Space 1999 will surely have a fondness for this kitsch sci-fi about a 23rd century, pleasure-seeking society whose citizens are killed off when they reach the age of 30. Michael York, himself a fabulously cheesy actor, stars as Logan-5, a “sandman” whose job it is to hunt down and shoot the “runners” who decide they don’t want to be bumped off, thank you very much, and are seeking a place called “Sanctuary”. Inevitably, once Logan approaches “Carousel” – the extermination ceremony that takes place on your 30th birthday – he decides he’d prefer to live, too. Hooking up with Jenny Agutter’s Jessica-5, he tries to make a run for it and seek Sanctuary himself, with sandman Francis-7 (Richard Jordan) in hot pursuit. It goes almost without saying that the sets are to die for – like the most fabulous shopping centre you could imagine, and without the hordes of spotty 13-year-olds knocking about. Escalators reach skywards, everyone has feathered hair and blue eyeshadow (especially Farrah Fawcett, making a pre-Charlie’s Angels appearance), and classy hookers (women and men) appear on demand in swanky apartments. Of course, there’s plenty of ridiculousness as well, especially once Peter Ustinov makes his appearance, surrounded by several cats. The special effects are definitely a bit dodge, and there’s the usual sci-fi standards of bonkers robots and a test-tube created population lifted straight out of Brave New World. But there’s also a bit of thought behind it, – the premise is certainly interesting enough to carry the film, and make it more than just another slither of seventies nostalgia. Best quote: "NO! Don't go in there! You don't have to die! No one has to die at 30! You could live! LIVE! Live, and grow old! I've seen it! She's seen it!" Logan-5 (Michael York) rating: 8/10 The film makes a decent stab at tackling some big questions, but you’ll probably love it for the outfits alone [Man on the run]