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Overall Rank: 29285
Average Rating: 2/4
# of Ratings: 5
Theatrical Release Date: 12/13/1961
Language: Italian
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Actors: Rik Van Nutter, Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor, Archie Savage, Alain Dijon, Franco Fantasia
Plot: A reporter joins a crew of spacemen. They are on a mission is to save earth from being being destroyed.
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Space Men (Assignment Outer Space) review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 11/29/2011
Similar premise to Sunshine but with a smaller crew and a simpler ship. Disconnecting the "electronic brain" much like Space Odyssey were also present. The crew has plans to stop a space ship which threatens to destroy the Earth. Ray get's trapped and a rescue mission ensues. For a sci-fi flick I was impressed by its screenplay: Al - "What's the use of living if Earth is destroyed" George - "What have we been doing in these thousand of years?...in reality we've been getting further away from our selves." Lucy - "We mustn't give up hope." Ray - "That's the Earth"
If only the the acting was better, the commander's expression never changes and Rik Van Nutter (Ray the reporter) just wasn't that pleasing to watch which weakens the romantic angle with Lucy. The movies editing could …
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