OPERATION AVALANCHE is a film that explores one of the most popular American conspiracy theories out there - that the moon landings were faked, staged by the CIA. The format is found footage, with sufficient attention to detail in terms of era and film stock. The heroes are a group of investigators who start out looking for a Russian spy before getting involved in something far more complex. It's an interesting evocation of the era for sure, similar I guess to CAPRICORN ONE, and the thriller elements of the last half an hour work well. I don't believe a second of it, but it's certainly imaginative stuff!
Operation Avalanche
2016
Action / Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Operation Avalanche
2016
Action / Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
1967: the height of the Cold War. The CIA suspects there is a Russian mole inside of NASA, sabotaging the Apollo program. They send two young agents on a mission to go undercover, posing as documentary filmmakers to capture NASA's race to the moon. The real mission - use their access and technology to hunt down the leak. But what they discover is far more shocking than soviet spies - Their government may be hiding a secret about Apollo that could define the decade, and the White House will stop at nothing to silence anyone who learns it.
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The man on the moon
This mockumentary directed and starring Mat Johnson starts like a bright star but loses its way, the tension at the end looks tagged on.
Matt Johnson and Owen Williams are novice CIA agents who manage to convince their bosses to infiltrate NASA as documentary film makers to find out a Russian mole.
As they snoop around while they are making the documentary, they learn that NASA are struggling to send man on the Moon and bring them back safely.
Matt and Owen then have an idea to fake the moon landings and investigate ways to make it look convincing. This includes a visit to England to find out how Stanley Kubrick is simulating space to make 2001: A Space Odyssey.
They find out that although their simulation is an alternative plan, there is a further more sinister alternative plan. The documentary team are being followed by sinister looking men and their lives might be in danger as they might just know too much about Nasa's shortcomings.
As an off the wall documentary it worked well enough but it starts to flag and gets boring. Operation Avalanche crashed and burned on its landing.
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Capricorne One meets Blairwitch Project concept
I am reall surprised that no user has noticed that this Mars - or Moon - fake landing conspiracy topic has many connections with Pete Hyams' masterpiece CAPRICORNE ONE, where a bunch of men were targets from the secret service because they perfectly knew that the supposed landing on planet Mars was totally a fake. Here, the story is, of course, not exactly the same but admit that the two movies have many in common. And the BLAIR WITCH, CLOVERFIELD or REC concept is also in this unusual job. Not great but very worth indeed.