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Information
- A.k.a.
- The Mysterians
- Year
- 1957
- Runtime
- 89 min.
- Director
- Ishirô Honda
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rating *
- 6.3
- Votes *
- 783
- Checks
- 143
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 1.4% (1:72)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Mysterians is much like other Ishirō Honda films - an assembly of scientists, soldiers and journalists sit in rooms discussing how to best address a destructive force until well-made miniatures are deployed, the message is a warning about how science is used (and yet it is our salvation), the aliens look like us in funny costumes, and there's even a giant monster because of course. Through in one of the great kaiju heroes and maybe I'd be into it more. While there's always some charm to Honda's work, and the opticals are quite cool here, the action is repetitive, and he trots out the hoary old cliché that Mars wants our women (or it would be Mars if the astrophysics weren't so naively bonkers). Of note are the aliens' uniforms who look like those of G-Force (the old anime series), but it wasn't enough to rescue the Mysterians for me. I know I'm not exactly being fair considering that, in this genre, Honda only has Godzilla and Rodan under his belt at this point. Let's just say there are better movies ahead. 1 year 6 months ago