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1968's Sci-Fi thriller THE POWER has a lot going for it.
First up it was produced by none other than George Pal, the man behind the original WAR OF THE WORLDS which to this day is in my opinion one of the best alien invasion films ever made. Secondly it sports a stellar cast featuring a very young George Hamilton but most of all it's a well crafted, well written story that keeps you guessing from frame one and manages to hold your attention all the way through by exposing the clues and secrets at just the right pace.
On the surface the film appears to be about science gone wild, about smart people doing dumb things but at it's core it actually a murder mystery, a whodunit with an interesting cast of characters.
The story line unfolds decently quickly and as our main character puts the pieces of the puzzle together, we do the same all the while not giving away the fun surprise.
I don't want to ruin it for you, so you're going to have to check it out for yourself but I think you'll find the film well worth your time, espically if your into films with a more "classic" flair.
The film stars several staples for classic monster fans. Yvonne De Carlo who of course played Lily Munster makes an appearance as does Michael Rennie from the amazing THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.
George Pal's mark is all over this film, it has the same look, the same attention to detail that one would come to expect from a Pal film. It's amazing that some 40 years later this film can still hold up and entertain as well as it does.
THE POWER comes to us as a part of the WARNER ARCHIVE collection. They make these DVD's as they are ordered so there are no special features or bells and whistles, just the flick.
Here's the official synopsis:
Who has The Power? The Power to control minds, move objects, and murder
by telekinesis? That's what scientists at a space lab want to know when
they realize they are targeted by one of their own - someone who
possesses a superhuman power and a terrifying secret agenda. Producer
George Pal brings the imagination and craft that turned his The War of
the Worlds and The Time Machine into sci fi classics to this eerie tale
heightened by a suspenseful Miklos Rozsa score. The fine cast, led by
George Hamilton and Suzanne Pleshette, includes two talents forever
emblematic of paranoid post-war sci-fi/creature features: Michael Rennie
(The Day the Earth Stood Still) and Richard Carlson (Creature from the
Black Lagoon).
But it's a good one and I would highly recommend CLICKING HERE and ordering yourself up a copy. You're not going to find it anywhere else.
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