You think that the real 2024 is pretty bad right now?
Well, according to this 1960 Sci-Fi Film, it could be far worse...
He somehow flies a jet into the Upper Atmosphere at 50,000mph and lands.
When he gets down, he finds that things are way different!
He wanders around a bit confused until he sees a Matte Painting.
Oh right- this is apparently a City.
He gets zapped.
He learns a bunch of stuff, so here we go...
He's in the future of 2024.
In 1971, we started to travel into Space, beginning to colonize Planets in '73.
Radioactive fallout mutated people and now society was broken into 3 factions.
Mutants were people fully under the plague.
The people in city were mutated so that they were deaf, dumb and incapable of procreating.
A trio of people also got stuck in the future.
The Captain doesn't trust Allison.
He really doesn't trust the others as well, who keep finding way to not be observed.
The people in city were mutated so that they were deaf, dumb and incapable of procreating.
A trio of people also got stuck in the future.
He really doesn't trust the others as well, who keep finding way to not be observed.
He's got a Meng the Merciless look going on, so can you trust him?
They expose Allison to the Mutants (one of whom is played by the Screenwriter Charles B. Pierce).
We only see about 4 of them, the rest of them being made up for via Stock Footage from an Indian Film from 1959.
No, really.
The guy realizes that maybe he can go back and fix things.
No, really.
He knows about the disaster that happened.
Then again, he could stay in the Future and mate with her.
Decisions, decisions.
To find out how oddly this thing ends, stream it now.
A Film that really shoots for the Moon...and can't afford the trip.
Simply put, this is a Film that was written with something like a $10 million Budget and was made for something like $50,000.
There are so many shortcuts and cheap effects here.
It really tries to be so much more!
It really tries to be so much more!
The Plot is all sorts of silly- their explanation for time travel is odd- and is played 100% straight. It can be pretty vanilla as well, with only about 3 sets in use.
They don't have all that much going on.
It is also one of those Films where all of the twists are thrown in at the last Act. It is silly.
If you're more forgiving, this one has a weird kind of charm. It also features reused outfits from a far more well-known Sci-Fi Film- It: The Terror from Beyond Space.
A decent Film that really struggles under a low-budget and 2-week shooting schedule. It has so much potential that it legit deserves a good Remake.
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