Stranger from Venus is a extremely digestible average alien-driven drama movie from the 50's. It's got decent actors and a premise we've seen before, in fact this movie even got in trouble for being thematically similar to The Day the Earth Stood Still.
The Stranger in this is a alien from Venus. He lands on Earth and we see a surprisingly well shot interaction of him talking to humans while not revealing his face. When he does reveal his face, he looks normal, but he has no heartbeat, and soon enough his master plan becomes unveiled, he is there to tell the humans that more of his race are coming, and they're coming because they must stop human from their use of atomic weapons.
Yes, this is an average anti-nuclear film, in the extremely popular movement at the time. The bomb had dropped a while ago and now just about everything being made was firmly against the idea of another bomb. You know, nowadays one might see an anti-war movie or a pro-war movie. How come it is I've never come across a 50's film that was pro-nuclear?
Anyways, this is fine. There's little to say about it. It's mostly dialogue, there's a romance subplot, there's a good realistic portrait painted of human characters at times. But all in all, it's completely forgettable and even if you try to think of things to talk about in your blog entry you write on a Wednesday morning, like me, you won't be able to think of anything to say.
2 stars.
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