When I was a kid, my sister used to work at little video store, and sometimes, there were old copies of videos lying around that the store would just give out. One of those films that my sister got, was "Flight to Mars" (1951), a movie that I had never heard of. Since I was big into sci-fi movies, I gave it a chance and was pleasantly surprised. The movie is about four people, three scientists and one journalist, who journey to Mars, not knowing what they will find or whether they will find their way home again. On their way to Mars, our heroes encounter a meteor storm, and lose all contact with Earth, their only option is to keep going. When they get to Mars, they find that there exists a race of fellow human beings who survive underground. At first, everything seems utopia, but, as we soon learn, the martians are running out of resources on their planet and Earth starts to look pretty good. Luckily, not all the martians are on board with the idea of conquering Earth, including a beautiful, short-skirt, wearing martian woman named Alita, who decide to help the Earth people. This movie was filmed on a very low budget and in only five days. Never the less, the movie looks fantastic in Technicolor, with the well done production design. And being at just 70 Min's, you have yourself a nice, little space adventure. Check it out. 8 out of 10.
Review of Flight to Mars
