Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981)

Directed by

Brian Burgess, Robert Lynn, Ken Turner

Genre

science fiction, action, family, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

G

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is a compilation film that strings together four episodes from the 1960s puppet series Captain Scarlet. The story takes place in 2068 where a Martian race called the Mysterons can create exact copies of people and objects to attack Earth. The hero Captain Scarlet is an indestructible agent who fights back for the human defense organization Spectrum.

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What happens

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars is a 1981 television film based on the 1960s British puppet TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Produced by the New York office of the series' distributor, ITC Entertainment, the film is a compilation of the Captain Scarlet episodes "Shadow of Fear", "Lunarville 7", "Crater 101" and "Dangerous Rendezvous". Set in 2068, the original series depicts a "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons: a race of Martians with the power to create functioning copies of destroyed people or objects and use them to carry out acts of aggression against humanity. Earth is defended by a military organisation called Spectrum, whose top agent, Captain Scarlet, was killed by the Mysterons and replaced by a reconstruction that subsequently broke free of their control. Scarlet's double has a self-healing power that enables him to recover from injuries that would be fatal to anyone else, making him Spectrum's best asset in its fight against the Mysterons. Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars had its first home video release in either 1981 or January 1982. It was followed by another Captain Scarlet compilation, Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons. Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars was negatively received by fans of the original Captain Scarlet. In November 1988, it was broadcast as the second episode of the movie-mocking TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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