Product Details

• Actors: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Terry Carter
• Directors: Rod Holcomb
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MCA Universal Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300184528
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,666 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Murder Mystery With A Good Twist, June 22, 1999

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Michael Daly "Monkeesfan" (Wakefield, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Murder on the Rising Star [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Murder On The Rising Star is a standard murder msytery - Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) is seen in near-constant fights with a bullying rival, Ortega (Frank Ashmore), who is later found shot to death with Starbuck's gun; Starbuck is thus arrested and put on trial.

The basic plot is pretty standard, but the episode adds a good twist; the actual killer is a man who turns out to have played a major role in the Final Destruction, and who is hiding in the Fleet under an alias. Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Boomer (Herb Jefferson Jr.) must enlist the aid of Baltar (John Colicos) to help flush out the true killer.

The entire cast gets put through the emotional wringer thanks to Rod Holcomb's excellent direction. Starbuck all but falls apart in the arms of Cassiopeia (Laurette Spang), and later threatens to shoot Apollo in a mad attempt to flee into space in a viper.

Such excellence in acting and direction infuse a standard plot with good new energy, and make for an entertaining episode.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a classic, August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Murder on the Rising Star [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Only memorable for its ordinariness. Yet again our hero has been accused of a crime he didn't committ. Fine for a one-hour drama set on Earth, but out in space anything can happen. Anything. Wish the writers had explored their imaginations a little more for this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "Murder She Wrote" In Outer Space, February 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Murder on the Rising Star [VHS] (VHS Tape)

That's probably the best way to sum this one up. It's very well done for a murder mystery, but Battlestar Galactica had much more potential story premises than this. There's nothing bad about it, but nothing great either.