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Old 10-30-2021, 09:54 PM   #23833 (permalink)
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Capricorn One (1978)

Enjoyable hokum. Haven't seen this since I was a kid, and it doesn't really stand up that well, though it is watchable. Terrible, terrible dialogue throughout, and whoever had the crazy idea that O.J. Simpson could act needs to be shot. Luckily he has fewer lines than a woman in a fifties movie, but still. Painful. The premise is fun - NASA faking a trip to Mars and then the return flight burns up in the atmosphere, leaving the three unlucky astronauts on the run from the government for the heinous crime of being alive when they are officially dead - and Telly Savalas steals the show as a hard-bitten, racist, misogynist (probably) and sexist crop-duster pilot, but it's very of its time. Huge, HUGE plot holes, but if you can unplug the rational side of your brain for an hour or so, it can be a fun movie.

I wouldn't say recommended, but I wouldn't turn the telly off if it was on either. Brings back some memories for me, so there is that.
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