Robinson Crusoe on Mars

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: No
Watched With: Myself

This movie is kinda boring. the whole first half is very slow. Adam West is in the film briefly at the start, being deadly serious but it is always hard to take him as such. That problem doesn't last long though as we're stranded with a boring guy and a monkey in what looks an awful lot like the californian desert with some flames added.

But about halfway through the film some alien craft show up blowing the shit out of everything. I recognise that design anywhere, they are quite obviously the same parts from my favourite sci-fi of all time, War of the Worlds. They even make the same noises. They do move differently and are missing the long head, but apart from that they are pretty much identical. I guess it was no surprise to find out that Byron Haskin directed both films.

So the aliens have humanoid slaves and we get Friday, who picks up english remarkably well. And then they hang out a bit and then they get rescued. That's pretty much it. Eh.

So apart from the fun War of the Words tie in, not much else here.