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The Green Slime
Gamma Sango Uchu Daisakusen
USA/Japan 1968
produced by Walter Manley, Ivan Reiner for Ram Films, Southern Cross, Toei, MGM
directed by Kinji Fukasaku
starring Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom, Ted Gunther, David Yorston, Robert Dunham, Gary Randolf, Jack Morris, Eugene Vince, Don Plante, Linda Hardisty, Richard Hylland, Kathy Horan, Ann Ault, Susan Skersick, Helen Kirkpatrick, Carl Bengs, Linda Miller, Strong Ilimaiti, Enver Altenbay, Tom Scott, Patricia Elliott
story by Bill Finger, Ivan Reiner, screenplay by Tom Rowe, Charles Sinclair, music by Charles Fox, Toshiaki Tsushima, special effects by Yukio Manoda, Akira Watanabe
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Earth is about to be hit by a giant asteroid, but the UN sends up macho
astronaut Jack (Robert Horton), who takes care of the affair and blows the
thing to Kingdom Come - but that's where the trouble start, because not
only is the commander of the spacestation that is his next stop, Vince
(Richard Jaeckel), his estranged former best friend who is engaged to Lisa
(Luciana Paluzzi), the woman Jack is also in love with, Jack also
unintentionally brings some green slime to the station, that if fed
electricity turns not into one but several one-eyed tentacled green
monsters which electrocute everything in their way. The monsters soon take
over more and more of the station, and since they feed on energy and
light, they cannot be defeated by conventional (laser-)weapons. Vince
tries to handle the situation as best he can, but his approach is entirely
too humanitarian, e.g. he tries to capture one of the creatures to study
it and later risks the sake of everyone on the station just to save a man
doomed to die. All this pussy-footing eventually leads macho Jack to
relieve Vince of his command and order the evacuation and destruction of
the whole station ... but of course, the station can be blown up only by
hand, so hero that he is, Jack stays behind to trigger the explosion, but
Vince, ultimately overcome by heroism, steps in at the very last moment,
giving his life for Jack's, who in turn will be free to take care of Lisa
... Pointless but fun Japanese-American drive in flick with
some wonderful rubber monsters and endearing (though not entirely
convincing) miniature effects. Sure the film is anything but a milestone,
and the Japanese involvement in this can be felt at best fleetingly, but
it's enjoyable pulp sci fi that trash fans like myself have no problems
loving anyways.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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