The 1984 cult classic
Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension ended with a promise: “Buckaroo Banzai will return in
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League.” But the first film was a box office flop, and despite its cult status, that sequel never materialized. Until now. (Sort of.)
Sadly, Buckaroo and the Hong Kong Cavaliers are not heading back to the big screen any time soon. But their adventures will finally be continued in a new novel written by original screenwriter
Earl Mac Rauch. Get the details below.
For those who may not be familiar,
Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is one of the most delightfully bonkers movies to come out of the entire 1980s, a decade that produced some pretty damn bonkers movies. But this one really earns its reputation: it’s a B-movie mashup about a physicist/neurosurgeon/samurai/test pilot/rock star and his rock band, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, who have to take down a group of aliens from the Planet 10. And if you think th