Capricorn One

Pretty soon the project gets bogged down in innumerable difficulties, not helped by the awfulness of most of the dialogue.

In general, it is a script of conveniences.

You’ll know the exact moment when everything goes south with the arrival of Telly Savalas as a motor-mouth, insulting, fish-out-of-water, crop-dusting pilot. Once his character shows up, the movie takes on a farcical, almost borderline slapstick tone.

Although this could be something of a vindication for moon-landing deniers, the script is clever enough to shape itself as a thriller more than commentary on the monetary value of international deception (and rivalry) or local political machinations.

The movie attempts to please, but its flaws are excessive. [Full Review in Spanish]

A good conspiracy thriller needs to make its scenario and setup believable to be effective, and this film nails that.

It is very entertaining in terms of its story and acting, mainly because it is not trying to convince anyone of a real life conspiracy. It is just a science fiction movie meant to entertain and amuse its audience.

Can you imagine O. J. Simpson as an astronaut?

A memorable exercise in the paranoia genre.