Scientists discover a new planet on the opposite side of the sun. 2 astronauts make the journey there, but not enough time has passed when they return and they insist that they are seeing everything in reverse.
Pointless. The hour 40 duration was squandered on filler and making models explode. It took the whole first hour to get to the planet and only 10 minutes of that was the actual journey. I would call that slow pacing. I could swear I've seen a twilight zone episode that fit this whole deal into 20 minutes. The plot took a long time to get going and was never resolved. This "opposite, mirror image" Earth had only one difference: writing was reversed. Lame! The characters were extremely shallow, with their dialogue being drivel and acting sub-par. There were some pretty nice real sets as well as expertly made model sets. In camera-work, I noticed some good psychedelics and layering when the astronauts were drugged for the flight and when the main character was tranquilized because he was acting crazy. The special effects besides that looked like they would be more appropriate in a Japanese Daikaiju flick. The audio was almost constantly full of annoying noises like beeping, feedback, buzzing and "awoogah" alarm sounds. This has a 6.4/10 on IMDB and 46% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. I agree completely with the failing grade. I rate this bad because it was just an excuse for the effects team to blow up models.
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