Alan Smithee is the name used for the Director of a film where the real Director does not wish his name to be associated with it. In other words he thinks the film is so bad he does not want to own up to directing it.


Alan Smithe film, need I say more   January 9, 2006
 29 out of 30 found this review helpful

Well obviously I do have to say more to fill this space, I'd never heard of this film and got suckered in by the 70's looking cover, An unknown Charlton Heston sci fi classic,, , , no!. This is a low budget affair and commits a fault a lot of low budget films make, namely to put too much of a plot in. The basic plot of a mission to the sun to prevent a solar flare from burning the earth, fine thats enough. But the had to add a government plan to thwart the mission which I could never quite figure out, a mole in the crew and a search on earth for the captians missing son, too much, add to that simply the worst dialog I've ever heard. Truely truely dreadful, please don't waste hours of your life watching this when you could be watching paint dry.