Red Midnight

There are some genuinely fun moments at the beginning when the protagonist starts elaborating about his crazy idea of how vulnerable American cities are and how just no one will listen to him (hmm, I wonder what motivated this movie to be made). Sadly that's basically the high point as the film mostly just meanders along while we follow these characters around. There are a few sleazy hi-jinks and some bizarro dialog to accompany them but as a whole this is extremely slow. I'm not even sure who I'd suggest watch it as it has so few redeeming qualities to it. Some of the plotting scenes are fun but the filmmakers didn't have enough of skill with storytelling (or perhaps they just didn't want to inspire copycats?) to make an engrossing procedural drama. Instead we get a clunky character drama that doesn't feature enough scenery chewing or psychotronic energy to function as an entertaining piece of cinema. I hesitate to even suggest it to red scare propaganda fanatics as it is so bloated with filler and I'm more inclined to just give a blanket suggestion to avoid and not watch.

So Basically, After watching "Red Midnight" (1966), It left me severely disappointed.

The idea of a Cold War thriller involving a foreign terrorist plot to attack the US sounds like an exciting movie. Unfortunately, the film's script gets so lost in itself, and sometimes forgets about the plot it's supposed to be following. Not only that, There's so much talk and hardly any bite, resulting in a very boring and dull movie. For a thriller, it's surprisingly lacking of thrills.

What else does it have? Very bad music placement that a lot of the time results in the music/sound effects just being cutoff midway through. On top of that, bad special effects, and the fact it's possibly the only movie I've watched where not a single member of the cast and crew has been involved in any other film projects before nor after this one.

Overall, it's got a good idea, but it's poorly made and boring. 2.5/10.