The problem with this modest by-product directed by the sympathetic characteristic Bruno Vesota is that, in addition to being quite confusing and poorly narrated (characters, plot), it is hardly restless. And that, despite the final fireworks, which leaves an open ending, it does not matter either. And it's not a problem of special effects or low budget.
Of course, the film is very representative of the psychosis that in those years existed in North American society due to the Cold War, which together with phenomena such as the well-known "Rosswell incident" impregnated not only the science fiction of series B of those years , but all the literature of that genre and, of course, Robert Heinlein work and the novel in which the movie is inspired.
Robert Heinlein, in In fact, the plot premise of this film has been later adapted, with different variants, to the cinema many times more, although I do not know if ever so awkwardly. In that sense, it is very striking how at certain times it uses a certain semi-documentary tone, in addition to the presence of numerous local political authorities and the state of Illinois in the script.
As a curious fact, it may be worth mentioning the presence in one of his first and rare appearances on the big screen aside from the feature films derived from the Star Trek series by Leonard Nimoy, the beloved Dr. Spock. Although it is barely seen, it is curiously the one that brings a conceptual air to the film with his dialogue lines, although it contributes very little.
And it is that the film does not even have those, curious, hilarious or disgusting elements for which those of its kind appear amusing us.
Of course, the film is very representative of the psychosis that in those years existed in North American society due to the Cold War, which together with phenomena such as the well-known "Rosswell incident" impregnated not only the science fiction of series B of those years , but all the literature of that genre and, of course, Robert Heinlein work and the novel in which the movie is inspired.
Robert Heinlein, in In fact, the plot premise of this film has been later adapted, with different variants, to the cinema many times more, although I do not know if ever so awkwardly. In that sense, it is very striking how at certain times it uses a certain semi-documentary tone, in addition to the presence of numerous local political authorities and the state of Illinois in the script.
As a curious fact, it may be worth mentioning the presence in one of his first and rare appearances on the big screen aside from the feature films derived from the Star Trek series by Leonard Nimoy, the beloved Dr. Spock. Although it is barely seen, it is curiously the one that brings a conceptual air to the film with his dialogue lines, although it contributes very little.
And it is that the film does not even have those, curious, hilarious or disgusting elements for which those of its kind appear amusing us.