Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash and his attractive companion, Dale Arden, are called upon to stop him. Run time 110 min. This film is rated PG, for more information go to imdb.com.