Josh Hitch (joshhitch)

Its an amazing cast and the film looks good, but is showing its age. Gary Cooper playing Marco Polo is a huge stretch, actually the whole cast is a stretch with its suppose to be set in Venice then China but not even an accent other then American or British in the bunch. The plot basically revolves around Cooper being irrestible to all women, and thats pretty much it. Alan Hale does give a good performance and so does Basil Rathbone, but the story just does not cut it, very little adventure really. Look for Lana Turner in a very small role, one of her first.

Roddy Piper is great in this fun Carpenter flick. The plot when just reading it seems kind of corny but the acting/direction is executed so well that what you get is an entertaining movie that will keep your interest up throughout. Love the effects of the aliens and the way the world look through the glasses. Piper should have gotten more and better roles then what he ended up getting for sure after this film.