it seem incredible that this codswallop be release 2 whole year after that definitive science fantasy epic star war . didn not these people watch that movie and see how high george lucas have raise the bar for special effect . with it sub gerry anderson gadget and it rousing thunderbird style anthem and and it hokey un special effect this movie production standard seem to hail from at least a decade earlier . just check out the fall body in the 1960 war of the world while theyre actually more believable . scientist have discover a large piece of rotate gingerbread and that bear a striking resemblance to karl malden nose and on a collision course with planet earth . it a science fiction movie then . well and not exactly . the red be still under the bed so it a cold war drama instead . that worthy old russian diplomat perry stroyka have to do his stuff and make the anti nose defence system a co operative east west effort . be it a meteor . or be it an asteroid . you decide while the scriptwriter evidently can not . call it a nasalisk . in keep with tradition and a host of top dollar actor and actress be bribe into compromise their career . we see henry fonda and natalie wood and he of the proboscis and and of course represent sean connery . now there a man with a sense of humour . together they chew through a script with line to die for or at least from and probably by choke . to maintain it flagging interest and there be small noselets that arrive without warn at fairly regular interval and unleash some of the most lamentably wretched destruction scene ever witness in a movie . even a a bunch of blue peter wash up bottle disguise a nuclear missile be on their to the gingerbread and a noselet be inbound for new york and where the control centre have be sensibly sit underneath a river . actually and that not so absurd . check out britain national archive sit on the thames flood plain at kew ( you can bet that the most valuable item be store in non waterproof container in the basement ) . so while just a the movie be about to climax with the destruction of the nasalisk and the camera cut to sean connery and his team and now have to dig their way out of the smash underground bunker . and yes the river do break through and yes it a life and death race to the surface . this escape be cut and cut again with various bore view of rocket apparently whiz through space . will they stop the nose . will connery team escape . two climax for the price of one . now that good value . lousy directing and but good value . most of the rocket hit the nasalisk in three wave . the first two wave have the effect of cause a small part of it to glow red . whereas the third wave blow it completely to atom . which be rather strange a each wave be suppose to have equal explosive intensity . three or four of the rocket malfunction . and what becomes of them . well while gravity would suggest that what go up must come down . so there be several nuke destine to fall back to earth and detonate in high atmosphere and and sprinkle everyone and everything with radioactive fall out . hmm . yes and well while i think that enough . watch it with some friend and plenty of beer and yourre likely in for a great laugh . but do not even pretend to take it seriously . i be sure mr connery do not .