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Rating:  -
As there are many UFO movies out there, I was concerned about this one. I was pleasantly surprised. The theme, content, and acting was very good. The "props" were realistic and content believable. All these things make a fictional(?) presentation more enjoyable. Too many such shows are so far out there it is easy to get caught up in critiquing the goofs and "can't happens". This one is in line with the greats.
Rating:  -
I saw HANGAR 18 several times in the theater when I was in my early teens -- it fascinated me beyond just about any other movie I'd ever seen before. I always thought it was a more compelling movie than CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, even though it had only a fraction of the budget and some pretty terrible actors in it.
Reviewing the movie some 28 years later, I find that the story holds up quite well. It feels more like a '70s TV show than a feature film, but it is still intriguing and thought-provoking.
However, this is the worst-quality DVD I've ever seen. The video appears to have been transferred from an old VHS tape -- fuzzy picture, horrible fading of the colors and contrast. Even worse than the picture is the audio. It sounds as it the audio were transferred to a cassette tape, copied to another cassette tape, then dubbed back onto the picture. Hiss almost overwhelms thin, monophonic audio sound that comes from the speakers.
I also remember the ending of the movie as being different than what we see here. I don't know if this is just my memory playing tricks on me, but I feel like something has been changed rather significantly, and not necessarily for the better.
My advice would be for any fan of this movie or of this genre in general to hold out for a "remastered" version of the film -- but I doubt that we'll ever see anything like that. Almost no one seems to remember this movie, and I'm sure it wasn't a big box-office hit, so the likelihood of a studio spending money to clean it up is pretty slim. But we can always hope...
Rating: -
Even as a kid, I was totally into aliens etc, and when I first saw the previews for this movie back in 1979 (?), I was completely excited. Unfortuately, I never got a chance to see this movie until the mid-nineties. It was good then, and is still good today.
Rating: -
This low-budget "B" movie is quite entertaining, with a good cast. Whether you believe in its' premise or not depends a lot on your worldview. This particular DVD version of the film that Amazon is selling is the only legitimate one that I know of. The digital transfer from a video master is decently done. Don't expect mega-budget Hollywood blockbuster picture quality or sound. It was never there to begin with.
Bottom line -- a fun film that makes you think and wonder. Personally, I wouldn't take it too seriously.
Rating:  -
I was pleasantly surprised to find this title available on DVD... I have been a fan of Darren McGavin ever since Kolchack... but, and this is a really BIG BUT, this copy of this film is the worst quality dvd I have ever seen, period! I have made superior quality DVDs at home using old VHS tapes I taped off the TV set - stay away from this turkey!
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