The special effects are amazing, the plot, not so much.
Of course this movie is another variation on "The Invisible Man." Yet the movie has decent special effects and, in spite of a simple and hokey plot, a reasonably enjoyable story.
Joey Faust (Douglas Kennedy) is busted out of prison by Major Paul Krenner (James Griffith). Krenner wants Faust to steal radioactive material to continue his invisibility experiments. Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Triesault) does the honors as the quasi-mad scientist doing the actual "science." Laura Matson (Marguerite Chapman) is the inevitable hot babe who provides the sexual tension, such as it is.
Everyone is kept in their place because Krenner is a master of manipulation. He has something on everyone working for him, and if anyone steps out of line he ruthlessly punishes them. Faust has little interest in stealing radioactive isotopes, longing instead to steal a little cash from the local bank. The only problem is that something is happening to the creatures treated with Dr. Ulof's...
"Imagine what our counter-intelligence could accomplish if they were able to become invisible whenever necessary."
SYNERGY Entertainment is a NYC based DVD-R manufacturer. Their "Archive Series" videos offer no commentary, deleted scenes, subtitles or other bonus features. Dubs are "best available source" and can vary from very good to only fair.
From Edgar G. Ulmer, director of BLUEBEARD (1944), ST. BENNY THE DIP (1951) and the ever-popular DETOUR (1945), comes this bleakly low-budget Atomic Age tale. 'D' grade acting, plus a silly plot about a deranged former major's thwarted plan to use an invisibility ray to create an unseen army of mercenaries, are this one's undoing.
(Question: Would ammunition and the weapons these soldiers carry also be invisible? If so, how could they see to look down their rifle sights, pick them up or even load them? Inquiring minds,...
Quit ogling Marguerite Chapman's legs
We start out with sirens, searchlights, and dogs. Yep Joey Faust (Douglas Kennedy) appropriately named is back from prison. Laura Matson (Marguerite Chapman) sprang him to do the bidding of her employer, the megalomaniac Maj. Paul Krenner. Also captive by the Major is a nuclear scientist Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Tries Ault). The Major intends to add the safecracking talents of Faust and the invention of Ulof to accomplish his evil plan.
Will he get away with it or will greed put an end to it?
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