23.1.13

battle of the worlds (1961)

aka Il pianeta degli uomini spenti.
"One would say, ladies and gentlemen, that you are disappointed to learn that the end of the world has been postponed!"
Astronomer Fred Steele (Umberto Orsini) spots a stray planet on a collision course with Earth, but inexplicably it goes into orbit around earth. The what seemed a dead piece of rock suddenly launches a fleet of flying saucers which start to attack. Only the grumpy scientist Prof. Benson (Claude Rains) seems to know what to do.
A low budget sci-fi, that throws in a name actor and some nifty special effects (for its budget), but still manages to fail to hold my attention.

No comments:

Post a Comment