The first time I heard of This Island Earth was from MST3K. It was a funny spoof, despite I had never seen the movie, but then I kinda forgot about it, as I wasn't particularly looking for the movie, so I could see it. Until a local TV-station broadcast it.
Now, the good things first. There are some good special effects in the movie. I liked how the alien UFO looked like and their home planet, despite being barren from the war, was pretty neat. The acting is okay, not spectacular, but okay. The main star Rex Reason(?) is a bit too pompous for my liking, but other than that I have no big complaints.
But on to the bad things. There really isn't any specific reason for the human cast to be in the film. I mean, they don't actually do anything and after Dr. Cal and Dr. Adams (Faith Domergue) have been transferred to the alien world, they do even less. The story, while it has some interesting elements, does very little after Dr. Cal Meacham arrives to the mysterious conclave of scientists lead by mysterious Exeter (Jeff Morrow) The movie has a promise of something greater, but it just fails to deliver it. It has some good aspects in it, but as a whole, it's not very good movie.
Now, the good things first. There are some good special effects in the movie. I liked how the alien UFO looked like and their home planet, despite being barren from the war, was pretty neat. The acting is okay, not spectacular, but okay. The main star Rex Reason(?) is a bit too pompous for my liking, but other than that I have no big complaints.
But on to the bad things. There really isn't any specific reason for the human cast to be in the film. I mean, they don't actually do anything and after Dr. Cal and Dr. Adams (Faith Domergue) have been transferred to the alien world, they do even less. The story, while it has some interesting elements, does very little after Dr. Cal Meacham arrives to the mysterious conclave of scientists lead by mysterious Exeter (Jeff Morrow) The movie has a promise of something greater, but it just fails to deliver it. It has some good aspects in it, but as a whole, it's not very good movie.