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The Lost Missile

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An unidentified missile moves through space, nearing Earth. One nation fires a rocket at it, but this only diverts the missile into the atmosphere, where it begins tearing up everything in its path. As it heads towards Ottawa and then New York City, the Canadian and U.S. military are mobilized, but they can't halt its progress. A scientist (Robert Loggia) and his fiancée (Ellen Parker), though, have been working on a hydrogen warhead that may be able to hit the missile and save the Earth.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A downbeat end of the world sci-fi movie that fizzles more than it dazzles. Rated: C+ Dec 28, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Despite its low budget and stock footage, the story is different enough to keep one's interest or at least it did me. I saw it one night on one of the late night "Creature Feature" that were so prevalent in the mid and late sixties. The threat is in the form of an alien spacecraft approaching the Earth that is intercepted by a trigger happy European nation behind the Iron Curtain. Though a direct hit is made, it only diverts the lost missile in a spiraling orbit in close proximity to the Earth. As it turns out, the alien craft is made of some sort of metal that heats up to thousands of degrees due to air friction and radiates it in a 5 mile swath of death and destruction below. A very young Robert Loggia is the heroic scientist who tries to stop the deadly missile before it incinerates any more cities and hapless citizens beneath it's deadly path. Though it is a thinly disguised anti-war message or at least suggests a ban the bomb subtext despite the fact that "bomb" saves us all, it isn't preachy and clearly is told in ernest. An interesting side note is that the film's 70 minute length is told in real time (a la 24) which, as far as I know, had never been done before. Not a bad way to spend 70 minutes blocking out the Covid19 at least for a little while. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member A missile sent from an unknown source is headed straight for New York City, burning everything in its path and traveling at 4000 miles an hour. A valiant effort is made to stop the missile using stock footage. Alas, the stock footage is not enough and it's up to a brave scientist to save the day. Yawn. Could've used less stock footage, if you ask me. Minor spoiler: we never find out who sent the missile or why. It's kind of a letdown. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member not too enjoyable B movie sci-fi fare. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty lame. Cheesy voice over, and even worse dialogue. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An unidentified missile moves through space, nearing Earth. One nation fires a rocket at it, but this only diverts the missile into the atmosphere, where it begins tearing up everything in its path. As it heads towards Ottawa and then New York City, the Canadian and U.S. military are mobilized, but they can't halt its progress. A scientist (Robert Loggia) and his fiancée (Ellen Parker), though, have been working on a hydrogen warhead that may be able to hit the missile and save the Earth.
Director
Lester Wm. Berke
Production Co
William Berke Productions Inc.
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 1, 1958, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 29, 2019
Runtime
1h 10m
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