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Great idea for a film but badly written script.


Just watched it and I love the premise of the film and major plot but I can't believe the amount of forced ignorance in the written script. There are so many plot holes in the film that just go by like nothing is wrong.

- Surely the Astronauts would have guessed from day 1 that they would be sacrificed after they finish with the fake Mars landing what starts with threats doesn't usually end well.

- The journalist guy getting out of jail on bail. Now that was stupid considering they made the NASA technician disappear (maybe killed) just for suspecting something was wrong but the journalist ends up bailed and freed with knowledge that there is a conspiracy.

- Again the journalist miraculously finds the emblem and by some strange force of Sherlock Holmes level of deduction realizes the astronauts escaped captivity and they are outside running for their lives !

- The final scene with the President and dumbest security service ever...anyone can just drive their car up to where the President is located without hassle or problems. Just park the car and go down and make him look like a idiot.

Telly Savalas guest appearance was probably the best thing in this film written by "Perverts !"

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