Reviews

This "documentary" describes a conspiracy so preposterous that only the most rabid Glenn Beck fan could lend it any credence. A monumental insult to intelligence.

The film's obviously fake George Harrison narration details a massive government run conspiracy to cover up the death of Paul and his replacement with a double named William Campbell. We are asked to believe British intelligence intervenes when Paul suffers a ghastly death in a fiery auto crash while his witness/passenger walks away unhurt. The three remaining Beatles are sworn to secrecy (presumably along with dozens of others who would have to be part of the cover-up) and agree to continue the group. But, worried that fans would be angry if they were found out, they plant "clues" in their subsequent albums and lyrics.

This might be a fanciful, albeit incredibly simple-minded, diversion were it not for the disrespect it shows to the dead. And the necessary implication that John was solely responsible for so many of the Beatles greatest songs, is demeaning to Paul McCartney as well.

If you find the story presented here to be the least bit plausible, you need to be tested.

Mandatory spoiler alert!!! This is a great example of one of those low-budget SciFi flicks that is so bad it's fun to watch. How did the MSTies miss it? It's an object lesson in low budget film-making. Only 70 minutes - about half of that walking, walking, walking and smoking, driving, more walking, etc. Borrow a big estate for a day and shoot people walking all over it. Write a script that needs only 5 actors (not counting the cab driver and the cop). Say the characters are staying in the guest house so you don't have to build elaborate interior sets. Borrow music from other films. Make the Martians invisible. Hire a pair of twins to play the teenage daughter, and cheat the other doppelganger scenes. I think there were just a couple actual FX shots, and not very expensive ones at that. Most expensive prop was the clapped out MG they had to turn on its side.

All in all, I found it vastly entertaining from the POV of the film-making process. And when all is said and done, the story itself is not awful.