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Lazer Team (2015)

Lazer Team poster
Directed by
Matt Hullum
Genre
comedy film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 216 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of four losers stumbles upon a crashed alien spaceship and accidentally gets stuck with a powerful battle suit. They must figure out how to use it to save the planet from an alien threat.

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What happens

Lazer Team is a 2015 American science fiction action comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by Matt Hullum. The first feature film produced by Rooster Teeth, it stars Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Allie DeBerry, and Alan Ritchson. The film follows the Lazer Team, a group of four who find themselves responsible for the fate of the planet upon discovering an alien crash site containing a battle suit. The film was produced by Hullum, Burns, and Doreen Copeland. Burns and Hullum also co-wrote the script, alongside Rooster Teeth employees Chris Demarais and Josh Flanagan. Funding for Lazer Team was largely raised through a successful Indiegogo campaign, raising over $2.4 million in a month. Filming began in October 2014, with principal photography taking place in Austin and New Mexico. Lazer Team premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 24, 2015. Through Amplify and Tugg, the film was theatrically released on January 27, 2016, as a cinema-in-demand model. The film was released onto YouTube Premium a month later, and was added to Rooster Teeth's FIRST streaming service on November 3, 2017. Lazer Team received mixed reviews and grossed $1.6 million on a $2.4 million budget. A sequel, Lazer Team 2, was released on November 13, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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