Battle Beyond the Sun

★★★★ · The Battle that never happened · Cayoyica · 2017-06-23

The only thing I didn't understand about this movie is its title. Maybe if we made the title "Battle More Beyond The Sun" it would have made more sense except there wasn't even a battle. To make it all fair the title should have been something like "More Beyond The Sun" or perhaps "Further Beyond The Sun". Overall l love everything about this flicker from the state of the art special effects, script, acting and even the two monsters on slugging it out on the Martian Moon. Of course by today's standards all of this may seem hokey and lame but as an early exploration into Science Fiction movies…

★★★ · Russki Ripoff · skybandit · 2012-02-01

One of several Iron Curtain films that Corman picked up because, at the time, there was no such thing as copyright in the USSR! Francis Ford Coppolla's first directing gig...he directing the battle of the genital monsters that was added in because this flick was so dull. Carmen Coppolla was the FATHER of Francis Ford (He's occassionally credited as Carmine, no doubt because of gender confucsion) and a well-known conductor in NYC at the time. The original framing story of the whole thing being a daydream of a reporter was discarded, and instead of Russians saving Americans we got this North…

★★ · Yawn · picfixer · 2010-02-05

There is no battle. Dubbed Russian sci fi, so glacially slow moving even the cast looks bored, and you'll swear the female launch director is stoned out of her skull. Average special effects provided by miniatures take up much of the film. A ponderous historical relic of the Soviet era that is not devoid of subtle propaganda. Drink three cups of coffee before watching.

★★ · Interesting first try! · Killertomato59 · 2012-01-31

Very interesting in some ways. Did you notice that the associate producer was Francis Ford Coppola? Wow! I wonder what he says about this film? How old was he? Also, someone named Carmen Coppola was in the credits. Is she related to Mr. Coppola? So there are some interesting elements in this film.

★ · Have a look at the original. · Steve White · 2014-02-13

The Soviet original "The Heavens Call" is really a good space drama for the time, if you overlook the obligatory glorious propaganda (to be fair, many U.S. sci-fi films at the time featured propaganda too). The space scenes are top-notch for the time, and some scenes (such as Mars rising over the asteroid) were totally new and weren't repeated again for many years. The space ships were better than most Western fare, and the space station is far more elaborate than any Western attempt. Women are depicted in positions of authority -- in contrast to what was shown in the West. But due to the…

★ · Doesn't worth watching. · Albert Schlef · 2010-01-05

There's a bunch of sci-fi movies here that use the same footage (probably because of low budget), and this movie is one of them. "You've seen one, you've seen them all." The plot isn't very interesting. Worse, it's not very believable: the mission to Mars is supposed to be a "big thing", yet they very easily send two rockets with fuel to Mars' moon. How is that? The color is worse than black&white.