Gog

Released Jun 5, 1954

1h 25m

Sci-Fi

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A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the first space station.

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Rob Humanick

Suite101.com

A creaky experience any way you cut it.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 26, 2011

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James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

There can be no doubt as to where the makers of Gog stood on the McCarthy witch hunts . . .

Sep 29, 2004

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

This sci-fi'er left a lot to be desired.

Rated: D

Apr 10, 2003

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Steve D

An absolute mess of a film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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mitch k

Awww, it's sad how low folks are rating this. I think time has likely added value to the stylistic and retro aspect of the sets and costuming and the ladies' hairdos and hey without adieu there are scores of women in posts of importance. Costuming is so colorful I would have sworn it was filmed in the 80's and not the 50's.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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william k

Above-average, original sci-fi drama within a Cold War background still is quite silly, but quite entertaining and it's good color cinematography is enjoyable to watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I enjoyed this movie. A lot of later sci-fi borrowed from its familiar tropes, which were somewhat fresher when this film dished them up, delivered unpretentiously with the requisite actors to maintain a straight face. I found some of the directing interesting, as well as some of the over extended stock footage sequences of planes scrambling and a lab monkey. Despite its made for TV aesthetic, given when it was made, it is almost a template for much that followed (think Andromeda Strain), including that singular invention of the 1950's, the dishy lady scientist. The film demonstrates a kind of fascination with tech that is genuine and uses cutting edge stock photography of actual automation in the nuclear industry, etc in its day. The fine script is laced not only with tech sounding jargon but attempts to intelligently address concepts of cybernetics, computer hacking, energy, possible uses of frequencies of radiation, etc. Some of the set designs are creative and almost retro cool enough to not require updating. To get an idea of how effective this movie is, imagine Gog and Magog replaced by something slightly more convincing and threatening (without the apparently useless hilarious phallic blow torches). The future seems to have begun a long time ago and to have not changed much since, besides the density of video game special FX.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Frightened Blobbo badly as young child.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

I actually thought this was quite good. Is it dated? Of course! It was made 60+ years ago! So there are attitudes and science that really don't hold up, but the core idea is strong because it avoids a couple of the most obvious tropes and instead aims to be a kind of techno-thriller. I went in with the low expectations I have for the majority of of 50s SF, not every film can be Them!, Day The Earth Stood Still, or Thing From Another World. But this is a clever enough film that it overcomes most of it's flaws.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Herbert L. Strock

Director

Richard Egan

Dr. David Sheppard

Constance Dowling

Joanna Merritt

Herbert Marshall

Dr. Van Ness

John Wengraf

Dr. Zeitman

Philip Van Zandt

Dr. Pierre Elzevir

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Synopsis

A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the first space station.

Director: Herbert L. Strock
Production Co: Ivan Tors Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 5, 1954, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m