Review of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) by Aj V — 04 Nov 2010
Thursday, November 04, 2010.
(1956) Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers.
SCIENCE- FICTION.
Anyone familiar with Ray Harryhausen's contribution to special effects should be able to enjoy this take on the aliens invasion genre! What this film has that most alien invasion films does not is that it cuts to the chase! No plot device but at the beginning the aliens don't attack right away but are monitoring their new found planet with no intentions to attaqk as of yet! The two leading stars of a husband and wife (unknown actors) team work on the same building with their job was to send satellites up in space only to find out later that they would be destroyed, how and why can these satellites be destroyed unless something is also up there destroying them! Out of all the 'alien invasion' films, this one is the most subtle one of all, because it asks questions that although the aliens are more superior in terms of their weapons that a little ingenuity might be the answer to bring them down. This idea was later used on Tim Burton's "Mars Attack"!
3 out of 4 stars.
This review of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) was written by Aj V on 04 Nov 2010.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers has generally received mixed reviews.
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