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Old 7th September 2016, 09:10 PM
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Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer were on the verge of greatness when the rocket they were building to take them to the moon exploded during a routine test. To add to their troubles as a result of this failure the government take away the funding of the project leaving both me devastated and unsure of their next move. General Thayer has a plan to save the project and he enlists the help of Jim Barnes the head of an independent aviation construction firm to build the rocket. Now they have the professionals to build the rocket next they must raise the funds which they do at a meeting of American industrialists who are not quite convinced right off the bat but when General Thayer tells them that the space race has begun and who ever reaches the moon first the the upper hand and military advantage because there is no defence against attacks from the stars.

All seems to be going to plan the funding is secure the facilities are good to go but when the public catch wind that they are using atomic power there is uproar and widespread panic at the fear of radiation leaking out and causing mayhem. Before testing can be carried out on the rocket disturbing news comes in that there is an order on its way to the launch site to stop the rocket from taking off so the team decide to launch without any testing before its too late and the whole project is ended.

Jim Barnes , Dr. Charles Cargraves , General Thayer and Joe Sweeney board the ship and head into space. Joe Sweeney is less than convinced that the rocket will even leave the ground and only agrees to go to prove a point that the others are wrong but once take off is complete the smug smile on his face disappears into a face of terror. When the reach the moon everyone is overtaken by the beauty of earth in the distance and are over awed by the whole experience so much so that Dr. Charles Cargraves has miscalculated the amount of fuel they have left to make the trip home. They are advised from earth that in order to make it back they must shed as much weight as they can to insure they make it back safely.

Destination Moon does a lot of great things the acting is great apart from Joe Sweeney he sort of got on my nerves seemed like he was trying too hard to be Humphrey Bogart he actually has the look of him but it was really grating by the end of the film. The effects from space where pretty good with one scene where Joe poses for a picture to make it look like he was holding up the earth in his hand. Another great scene saw one of the crew start to drift into space when is gravity boots fail and one of the other crew members uses a fire extinguisher to direct him through the air to rescue his colleague. I also really like the pressure on their faces while they were breaking out through the earth's atmosphere at the beginning of the trip.

I would definitely recommend Destination Moon it has some great ideas and implements them really well.

7/10
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