I wish they would go back to making posters like this. Isn't that outstanding? This has become a cult classic for sci-fi films, mostly because it's so dated it's camp, I think, but also because it stars an incredibly young Leslie Nielsen before he started doing comedy. If you only remember him as the white-haired, deadpanned guy from the Naked Gun movies or Airplane, you owe it to yourself to check this out.
An interstellar crew is dispatched to a planet as a rescue mission for a previously downed research ship. Arriving twenty years after the crash, Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew land on Altair-IV only to find that all of the original researchers are dead, except for Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter Alta (Anne Francis). Morbius has created a virtual paradise for himself with the help of his robot, Robby. Unfortunately, the crew soon learns that the planet harbors hidden dangers as well.
This was a superb blu-ray transfer. It looks like the pages of a pulp magazine come to life and that really separates it from your average MST3K fare. The story, by contrast, is just kind of okay but it's so pretty you'll barely notice. If you're a fan of the Atomic Age style in architecture and design, you'll also enjoy the look of this film.
I don't know if it's worth a buy for me but I enjoyed watching it.
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