in this Italian, American sci-fi 'thriller',our intrepid crew sets about outer space and some of them are brainwashed into believing that if they do as they're told, it will be "all for the good of all"(or some such gobbledygoop). the "aliens" in this case are pretty much made of green smoke...there are no actual solid monsters or creatures per se. the miniatures, lighting and camera work all come off incredibly toy-like and unrealistic even by 1965 standards. their rifles, which they refer to as "lasers", look like refurbished Tommy guns..which spit out fire..and their space pistols, they refer to as "38's"!!! the Italian actors (like in many dual-country offerings) are obviously speaking Italian with the English dubbed in and the American actors speaking English. the producers evidently thought this movie was so good they followed it up with "wild wild planet"..which i haven't seen and don't plan to. i actually love bad sci-fi that's somewhat original and unintentionally funny...this wreck was neither.
Review of The War of the Planets
