Marketic
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
MoPoshy
Absolutely brilliant
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Billie Morin
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
LeonLouisRicci
Not the First and In Fact the Last of the Sci-Fi of the "Sci-Fi" Infused Decade. It came Way Late and not just a Dollar Short.It's Obscure and Unknown for a Reason. While it did do Good Business and Baby-Boomers Lined Up, it is Not Remembered with Fond Feelings. A Stiff Presentation it Contained Heavy Horror Elements that Stifled some of the Entertainment Value of the then Public's Fascination with all Things Space Travel.Marshall Thompson is Forever Frowning and Dull as Dirt and the Italian Female Actress Mara Landi is Miscast and a Glaring Misstep. Bill Edwards as Astronaut Dan is an Obnoxious, Strutting Fifties Stereotype until He Returns from Space Humbled to Say the Least.In the Second Half the Movie Becomes a Blood-Sucking Bore as the "Monster" is Seen Wandering the Countryside like "Frankenstein". It then becomes Extremely Downbeat as the Tragedy Unfolds. If the Reveal was Meant to be a Twist, it Failed Miserably.Worth a Watch for Sci-Fi Completest with Low Expectations.
oscar-35
*Spoiler/plot- First Man into Space, 1959. An test pilot wishes to be the first into the lower reaches of space flying his test aircraft. While trying he has to eject. While falling to Earth, he comes back to Earth covered in a metallic crust. He turns into a blood seeking monster but still seeks to get help from his friends on his airbase support staff. Drama ensues.*Special Stars- Marshal Thompsom. Bill Edwards, Marla Landi, Roger Delgado.*Theme- The unknown space is to be feared.*Trivia/location/goofs- English. Has good stock footage of Chuch Yaeger's flight in the X-1.*Emotion- A bit dated, but wonderful film of the era that is enjoyable to see. The duplication of the film's plot is in many of the other competing films of this subject matter. One of the better scripts of these test pilot films.*Based On- 50's space exploration lore and fantasy.
Cosmoeticadotcom
All in all, First Man Into Space is a solid example of mid-level 1950s science fiction. It's not on par with Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Forbidden Planet, Gojira, nor The Day The Earth Stood Still, but it's amongst the better entries in the second tier, and a good deal of the 'believability factor' has to be credited to the always underrated Marshall Thompson. In both presence and ability, he was one of the few B film actors it can honestly be said it was a shame that he wasted his talent in them. The obvious exemplar of this was Vincent Price, but not even Price could pull off military and leading man roles the way Thompson did. And, although he eventually did garner some level of fame on television, to me, he will always be best recalled in such films as this, where the joy received, especially to young boys, was always far greater than it reasonably should have been. And how many films, A, B, C, or Z, can claim that?
Lee Eisenberg
While the plot involves a man getting blasted off into space, running into a meteor shower, and getting turned into something resembling a golem carved out of rock and having a strong desire for blood, I notice something else here. There seem to be some references to marijuana. Aside from the fact that they talk about the astronaut being very "high", he says that he'll bring back the "dope". If only they knew what they were saying! As for the movie itself, "First Man Into Space" was mostly like any '50s sci-fi flick. Although what the Italian woman said seems more relevant than ever: "Sometimes you have to understand that people are more important than science." As it is, if I'd had a hubby like that babe, you couldn't have paid me to go into space! All in all, nothing special, but worth seeing.
