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Not a smash hit

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3 Jul 8th, 2007  (Dec 27th, 2007)

8 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

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Good to watch while chilling out with a beer

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Slow film and a bit cheesey

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A comet smashes it's way through the asteroid belt and 3 astronauts sent to the belt to observe the drama see a huge asteroid as it rushes towards them and destroys their ship ( look like the old skylab). We then learn that a 5km wide piece of an asteroid called "Orpheus" is heading towards earth and will wipe out all life unless we can destroy it.
Enter Dr Paul Bradley (Sean Connery) who is brought back to the fold after being forced out for daring to argue with the military, after his project called "Hercules" ( a nuclear launch platform in space) was built but now points to russia instead of space (for just such an eventuallity) as he planned. Now they need him to turn his platform towards the meteor and use it to save the world.

As luck would have the military are not too pleased with this and the animosity between scientist and military shows through. This only gets worse when Dr Bradley works out that there is not enough power in the platform's nuclear missiles to destroy the meteor and he suggests that the US contacts Russia so their platform called " Peter The Great" can also be used.
What makes the Military hesitate is both platforms are illegal and both governments have stated that they don't have any missiles in space.
Needless to say both governments finally agree ( as if they wouldn't ) to work together so along comes the love interest in the form of russian translator Tatiana Nikolaevna Donskaya ((Natalie Wood) had to look up that name in the credits) who translates for Dr Bradley's russian counterpart Dr. Alexei Dubov. Well now we have a race against time to get both platforms pointing the right way and then ready to launch their missiles.
Another problem appears smaller meteors hitting the earth ( What a surprise).
So with time running out and the control room...

I can't tell you it would spoil the ending but does Sean Connery ever lose.
There are some acting heavy weights in the film
Henry Fonda as the President.
Karl malden as Harry Sherwood
Even Trevor Howard makes an appearance.

The Cast List

Sean Connery - Dr Paul Bradley
Natalie Wood - Tatiana Nikolaevna Donskaya
Brian Kieth - Dr. Alexei Dubov

Written by Stanley Mann and Edmund H. North
Directed by Ronald Neame who also directed the original Poseidon Adventure 1972.

Have seen it for sale at £5 to £10 buy it if your a fan of Mr Connery but only then at the lower price.

The Version I have had just 1 disk with no extras. 

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Soho_Black 20.01.2009 18:50

Re-rated based on Ciao's insistence that such reviews are no longer considered "Off Topic"

Soho_Black 22.08.2007 23:22

I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" above the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.

Miskah 08.07.2007 23:12

more information would get you better ratings

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