Scientist is possessed by aliens and controls giant cube-shaped robot that is absorbing all the energy it can. Despite interesting premise and underlying conservation themes, Kronos ultimately feels like a failure to me. It's not the fact that it's from the '50s. I happen to love classic sci-fi films from that decade. The primary problem is that it's all so damned dull. The script is lifeless and leading man Jeff Morrow couldn't be more wooden. I'm always wary when I read comments about a science fiction film that talk almost exclusively about its ideas rather than its execution. This usually means a flawed and often terrible movie. Having decent ideas is great. Being ahead of the curve on dealing with certain themes is also a bonus. But, at the end of the day, execution is everything in filmmaking. I've seen a lot of low budget movies that had intriguing concepts but failed to create a good movie out of them. I can include Kronos among them.
