Better than these things usually are. The chess game btw was quite farcical: Black missed 1... e6+ saving the game, then the computer announced 3 Ke7, which should've only drawn (instead of 3 Kf7, winning). I loved what for the time must've been something of a sight gag: in the opening scene an apparently designated bimbo is talking to some guy, then the proceedings start and she turns out to be a camera operator! lol

Mst3k. Actually not that bad in that campy sort of way.

Interesting visuals, but a jumbled plot. Seems like the Russians were conveying Michael Bay decades too early.

Mst3k score: 5/10

An East German SF movie based on a Stanislaw Lem story? Incorporating the Tunguska event? With a multi-ethnic cast? Yay! Ambitious and very nicely designed; too bad the dubbing and the DVD transfer are the only two jokes in the whole movie. Supposedly there's a 130 minute version out there that works better.

There's actual science fiction in this sci-fi movie, with a fair number of interesting ideas, but it's executed in a seriously confused manner. The English dub doesn't help.

Great for its time.

Despite being rather well-made, this cold war space exploration flick is rather dull -- even in the climactic third act. It does feature a multiracial crew which was way ahead of it's time and some good sets, so it is worth a view.

I fell asleep watching it on MST3K.

What can I say? Not only is this movie bad, but horribly unwatchable.