Name: Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission
Director: Mario Azzopardi
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1987-01-01
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Tim Dunigan, Jessica Steen, Sven-Ole Thorsen, David Hemblen

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The '80s made you shoot your TV to save humanity. No, really.

Laser tag cinemaSaturday morning dystopiaToy commercial fever dream

Overview

Action Science Fiction

As newly recruited Soldier of the Future Pilot 1, your first target after training is a massive Bio Dread military industrial complex - which is manufacturing a robotic army. Many human survivors are depending on you! Corporal "Pilot" Chase and her leader Captain Jonathan Power will be flying with you. Prepare to "POWER ON"!

Content warning

interactive based on tv series post-apocalyptic future based on toy pov (point of view)

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Glorious rubber Bio Dread suits and foam-core apocalypse chic

Production

Pioneering interactive tech that made kids shoot light guns at screens

Best for:Solo·Friends

Heads up:Violence

Director

Mario Azzopardi

ReleasedJan 1, 1987

Runtime19m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feellight

Top Cast

Tim Dunigan

Captain Jonathan Power

Jessica Steen

Corporal Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Lieutenant Michael 'Tank' Ellis

David Hemblen

Lord Dread

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This interactive VHS series was a desperate Hail Mary by Mattel to sell $40 light guns during the 1987 toy crash. It bankrupted the production company.

Trivia

The TV series was cancelled after one season because parents complained it was literally designed to make children buy toys—a controversy that helped shape modern children's advertising laws.