This is the second entry in the series of 4 films made in Italy back to back in the mid 60's.
Tony Russel is Cmdr. Mike Halstead and this time he and the crew of Gamma One are faced with a very bizarre race of invaders.
After the weird and enjoyable "Wild Wild Planet" this is a comedown, but it's still a good film in my opinion. The aliens are blobs of green flashing lights and they either take over a human body or kill the host.
Halstead and a few others fight the invasion in order to save the cosmos from utter and total destruction. The plot moves along well, but some of the actors are not given much to do.
Lisa Gastoni returns as the beautiful Lt. Connie Gomez and that is a plus, but again, her role isn't developed as in the previous movie, but the movie never fails to entertain. In my opinion actor Michel Lemoine, who is one of the possessed eathlings, steals the show with his facial expessions and over the top acting.
This was followed by "War Between The Planets". The rest of the cast includes Franco Nero, Carlo Guistini, and Linda Sini.
I really recommend all four films in this series. They are fun Italian science fiction.
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