Reviews — This Island Earth
Audience write-ups from TMDB
CinemaSerf
I have a memory of seeing this movie on TV when it originally aired, and at the time, I really enjoyed it. Although my current reaction isn’t quite as strong, it remains an inventive science fiction story concerning extraterrestrials facing their own risk of annihilation. They journey to Earth to gather a group of scientists with the goal of preserving their world from a destructive force. Jeff Morrow portrays "Exete…
John Chard
It really captures the anxieties surrounding the atomic age. Carl Meacham works as an atomic scientist and, after successfully completing a challenging test, receives an invitation to join a highly confidential laboratory in Georgia run by the peculiar Exeter. The stated goal of this project is achieving global peace, but upon arrival, Carl discovers he’s among other prominent scientists, including the striking Ru…

