That was an excellent one.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

After 38 years, you might think that everything will ring false in the depiction of an ET encounter. But actually, the film stands very well together. I was expecting a campy ET suit with an obvious human shape not too well hidden - but instead, there is a logical explanation why the ET looks almost human (spoilers...). This is one of these old movies where there was a scenario and special effects were just a support of the scenario. I also like how they portray the investigators... and how the actors portray their reactions in very realistic ways. Worth watching!

A true UFO conspiracy film. The film is well made, with a solid setup. Actors play is what is average in this film, unfortunately, because with better acting it would have been a very enjoyable UFO movie.It's called Hangar 18, but it's name should have been rather Area 51.The film doesn't have much that 80's feeling, but it's script is alert, the action keeps going, and we don't get bored. It has aged fairly well, as well. The script is rather light, don't expect intense politic/military games, just basic stuff.It shows the UFO in and out, which I believe Spielberg movies were limited to the exterior of the space ships.The movie starts with a Shuttle space ship scene, where the Shuttle is poorly represented, but don't get mislead, the rest of the movie has better setups.To resume, a good film to watch for the 80's nostalgic, as well as Area 51 conspiracy believers.

Everything from the incredibly lame writing, to the abysmal acting and everything in between, this movie made "Lost in Space" look like a serious space drama with unquestionable accuracies and award winning attributes for writing, special effects, plot creation, and documentary worthy research. I can enjoy the campiness of the 1950's type of B movie sci-fi and television shows like "Lost in Space" for what they are and am a great fan of truly well written, researched and acted sci-fi thrillers with intriguing plots, creative story lines and well developed characters but this movie is not one of those movies. It is a failed attempt which took itself seriously and seriously failed to deliver. This movie is so bad I couldn't wait for it to end. It is an epic failure from opening to the closing credits. I'd rather experience a mouth full of root canals rather than be forced to watch this again.

This is not a great film, but a watchable one. When a satellite launched from a space shuttle collides with a UFO, exploding and killing an astronaut, his fellow astronauts are given the blame, by a White House staffer (Robert Vaughn) trying to get his president re-elected while covering up the discovery of a flying spacecraft (not a "saucer" as it is not saucer shaped. Vaughn is silkily evil as usual, but the plot starts to unravel as the two astronauts begin to try and understand why they are being framed. The film quality is grainy, as was not unusual in films of the seventies and early eighties, and some plot points are a bit absurd, but if you like cover up plots this one works right along with the similar "Capricorn One." Makes you wonder what else they might be hiding.