Operation Avalanche DVD 2017

     The setting of this film is the height of the Cold War in 1967.  The CIA believes there is a Russian mole inside of NASA.  The intent of the mole is to sabotage the Apollo Program.  Two young agents are sent inside the CIA to go undercover.  They are posing as documentary filmmakers working on capturing NASA’s race to the moon on film.  Their real mission is to use their access and technology to hunt down the leak.  What they really discover is more shocking than a Soviet spy!!  The US government may be hiding a secret about Apollo that could define this decade!!  The White House will stop at nothing to silence anyone who learns about what is really going on at NASA!! 

     This film is supposed to prove that young film making CIA agents were responsible for faking Apollo 11’s landing on the moon!!  What the film really does is show that it would be impossible to fake the landing on the moon??  They come off as buffoons that can’t find their way out of an elevator with the doors open??  I thought this film was terrible and ridiculous from the first moment to the last!!  1* (I hated this movie) (I rarely give this low of a rating)     

94 min, Drama directed by Matt Johnson with Owen Williams, Andrew Appelle, Matt Johnson, Jared Raab, Josh Boles, Ray James, Sharon Belle, Krista Madison, Joe Thomas, John Henry Robson, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Tom Bolton, John Osmokrovic, Chris Gonsalves.

Note:  Imdb 6 out of 10, Roger Ebert 2*, 69% critic 53% audience, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Jordan Hoffman, Metacritic 69 out of 100 with 18 critics 6.8 out of 10 with 16 user scores, Amazon 3.2* out of 5* with 50 reviews.  

Special Note:  Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas; Shepperton Studios, London, England, UK.  This film is director Matt Johnson’s thesis for college.  Filmed on DV and then printed onto 16 mm film to give the grainy film look.  Matt Johnson dragged the print on the ground to artificially age the footage.  Matt and Andrew have ID cards with their titles of Director and Camera.  This is their real life status as Director and Cinematographer.