jeżeli twoje dziecko najbardziej na świecie kocha filmy, a ty najbardziej na świecie kochasz swoje dziecko, to kup mu spekulacje o kinie, pozakulisowy apendyks:

The Groundstar Conspiracy is an espionage thriller – a man-on-the-run action movie – a film noir-ish man-with-amnesia movie – except instead of being done à la David Goodis, it’s told in a Michael Crichton-ish science fiction vein. 

The whole film is good. The script by Douglas Heyes, one of the best writers on television, is extremely well-plotted and paced. But the film’s first half an hour is the best part.

Is it a science fiction film? I’d say yes, but just barely. But it’s the barely part that makes it unique.

And yes, the ending is really clever. And I would say it makes this whole movie worth watching. Up until the ending, what was good about the movie, despite its television look, was the cleverness of its plotting, but even more, was the rapid-paced clip that director Lamont Johnson (who’s better than this movie) keeps the whole film moving at.

Admittedly, in 1972 the ending was more of a surprise than it is in 2020 after many other films have pilfered the basic idea. Yet, I suspect most viewers will still be surprised at the denouement.