i really want to like this movie . i be hop for a classic late 70 paranoia film in the mold of the parallax view and similar film of that era . unfortunately and while it boast a great premise and it get some interesting bit here and there and it ultimately fail to satisfy on many level . it would take a while to catalogue all the flaw in this movie and but i will try to hit the basic point . the character be extremely underdeveloped and both from the script and the wooden acting ( with a few exception ) . nobody seem to have any motivation besides i be an astronaut and i be a sleazy vice president and i be a nefarious nasa director and etc . that not necessarily the bad possible flaw for a movie and but it do mean that the plot need to carry movie instead of the character and and sadly and that just doesn not add up either . i would not go into specific and but some of the thing that happen in the plot just strain my incredulity too much . i do not mean the major plot point and about the mar mission and but rather an accumulation of little detail that just seem totally unrealistic even though i be able to buy the overall idea of the movie . add to all of that a really awful end that seem a though the writer just hit a deadline and tack something on and which also feature some totally egregious slow motion shot ( cut back and forth with regular speed shot . the effect be amazingly tacky ) . the only thing that prevent this from get a low rating from me be the interesting premise and a few scene feature witty banter between the always reliable elliott gould and karen black ( . ) . i would watch this if it come on tv and but i would be hard press to recommend it a a rental .