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There was something about 50's sci-fi. Generally speaking (with a few notable exceptions) the genre in that era was pretty bad, and yet almost always watchable and even enjoyable. "Flight to Mars" is no exception to that rule. It's a decent enough movie, it's got a workable story, it's got a decent (if not well known) cast. In some respects, what more could you ask for?Basically, humanity has managed to build a rocketship that's able to get to Mars. In a stunning display of creativity, the only time the rocketship is ever named, it's called "Rocketship M-A-R-S." OK. Five intrepid explorers climb on - two older scientists, a younger engineer, a beautiful blonde (of course) who's his love interest, and a young reporter who wants to steal the beautiful blonde away from the engineer. They board and travel in street clothes. No need for space suits. Even on the surface of Mars all they need are oxygen masks. Apparently to no one's surprise (because no one seemed too surprised about it) they discover a thriving underground civilization on Mars - and the Martians look identical to humans. This is convenient, because (1) it meant that no expense needed to be incurred on makeup and (2) it allowed the Martian females to be outfitted in micro mini skirts, which is always a handy thing. And, of course, since our explorers eventually need clothing, it also allows our beautiful human blonde to be outfitted in the same micro mini skirt, because, as one of the scientists said when the group was offered either Martian clothing or clothing like their own, "when in Mars, do as the Martians." Especially when it involves micro mini skirts on beautiful women, be they human or Martian! The Martians are anxious to help rebuild the crashed ship, but they have an ulterior motive. They want to learn how to build more so they can invade and conquer earth - and wipe us out in the process.Yup. Typical 50's sci-fi. Evil aliens, beautiful women. It's not a masterpiece, but it's short and it's very easy to watch, and it even includes a somewhat interesting philosophical reflection on the nature of the universe and our place in it. I was a bit intrigued by the fact that the young engineer dumped his blonde, took up with a Martian brunette, and took her home to get married. In an era when inter-racial marriage was still illegal in a lot of places, inter-planetary marriage was going to be accepted? Of course, the Martian female was white - and she had great legs! Micro mini skirts would probably break down a lot of resistance! (4/10)

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Surprisingly few of the reviews mention that - like George Pal's 'Destination Moon' (1950) - this was shot in colour; the brick red of Cinecolor well-suited to rendering the Red Planet.Set fifty years in the future, it was plainly a prestigious production for Monogram, boasting an atmospheric score by Marlin Skiles, vivid photography by Harry Neumann, good model work and elegant production design by Ted Haworth making attractive use of the limited colour palate and anticipating 'Star Trek' (as do the women's costumes and the matter of fact depiction of Martian society as multi-racial; although the silly emblems on the men's costumes look more like something devised for 'Batman').Taking it's lead from Pal's film Arthur Strawn's script (the usual tedious romantic complications notwithstanding) is fairly sober and plausible until we arrive on Mars, when Flash Gordon unfortunately takes over as its template as an early example of what Bruce Rux later described as "the mini-skirted space-maiden movie trend".

Reviewed by sddavis63 4 / 10

Flight to Mars

1951

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi

Flight to Mars

1951

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi

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