This subpar rip off of the British classic The Quatermass Experiment is chock full of stock footage in the first half and inadequate acting throughout. It suffers from poor pacing, a more or less non-existent score (a low-budget deficit which makes the pacing even more excruciating), one of the worst rubber suit monsters of the decade, and two fairly unlikable main protagonists. In addition, the movie's message, which amounts to "militaristic progress at all costs," makes this movie one of the more conformist products of the Cold War era. It is passibly, if snoozily, interesting as a historical artifact, but has none of the panache, endearing dialogue, craftsmanship, or repeated watchability of other low-budget movies such as The Thing from Another World.
Review of First Man Into Space
