The Angry Red Planet [VHS]
by Ib Melchior
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Actor: Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Les Tremayne, Naura Hayden, Paul HahnDirector: Ib Melchior
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; German (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 83 minutes
Release Date: 2000-06-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of The Angry Red Planet [VHS]
Movie Review: The Angry Red Planet
Summary: 3 Stars
The 1960's would be a transition decade for science fiction films. The special effects and storylines would reach new heights in the 60's-The Time Machine, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Planet of the Apes, 2001: A Space Odyssey, etc.
Unfortunately, The Angry Red Planet is not a great film. The plot is thin; the female scientist is too hysterical to be believable and the special effects are not that good. One exception would be the freeze rifle that was a nifty touch.
I know that Cinemagic was supposed to be the revolution in special effects. Sorry, it wasn't. However, it deserved credit for attempting to elevate the art form.
I don't mind a film using futuristic drawings, etc, but when drawings are the primary special effects than a film loses its appeal. I remember when the Adventures of Superman premi?red in the 50's, they actually showed Superman flying-no cartoon drawings like the movie serials.
Low budget takes on a new meaning in this film. I know that a number of people like this film, and it does have some moments.
However, those moments are not enough to carry 83 minutes. So, is it a bad science fiction film? No. There are many bad ones out there.
The reason that I bought it was that I watched it one Saturday afternoon in the 70's on television. I did remember the giant rodent and the sea monster plus the green Martian hiding behind rocks.
You would think that an advanced civilization which had been monitoring earth for centuries would be a bit friendlier to visitors. The Martians could have come up to the rocket ship and plainly stated - Go home. We don't want you on our planet.
Instead, the plot unfolds. The first and final message from the Martians is as hostile as anything that man could utter.
This may sound contradictory, but I don't regret my purchase. It is a nice addition to my science fiction DVD library.
Summary of The Angry Red Planet [VHS]
Although widely admired among longtime science fiction fans, The Angry Red Planet is merely a substandard entry from the genre's 1950s heyday. With wooden performances, atrocious dialogue, and some monsters that would scare only very young kids, it's perfect fodder for a rainy- day marathon of cheesy movies, as long as you keep your expectations low. Following the standard plot of its day, the movie tells (in flashback) the story of four astronauts who land Rocket M-1 on Mars, only to find the "angry red planet" lives up to its nickname. The plants are carnivorous, there's a gigantic "bat-rat-spider-crab" that can snap humans in half with its pincers, and a slithering Jello-beast with a rotating eyeball that threatens to dissolve the rocket ship into a pile of digested goo.Naturally, there's an onboard flirtation between shapely space-gal Nora Hayden and astro-hunk Gerald Mohr (who inexplicably spends the last half-hour with his hairy chest exposed), while Les Tremayne and Jack Kruschen play the stock characters (respectively) of elder scientist and blue-collar engineer--the latter toting an "ultrasonic freezer gun" that forces attacking monsters to chill out. If that's not enough to whet your schlock-movie appetite, the scenes on Mars were filmed in a gimmicky pink-hued process called "Cinemagic," which resembles a negative image covered in Pepto-Bismol. Is this any way to spend 83?precious minutes? Look at it this way: When an angry Martian warns humans to stay away ("you are technological adults, but spiritual and emotional infants"), you may be laughing enough to make it all worthwhile. --Jeff Shannon
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