The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, often shortened to
Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American
science fiction romantic adventure comedy film directed and produced by
W. D. Richter, and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented
Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, a
physicist,
neurosurgeon,
test pilot, and
rock musician, to save the world by defeating a band of
inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10. The film is a cross between the
action/adventure and
sci-fi film
genres and also includes elements of
comedy,
satire, and
romance.