"Kronos" has a lot to like: fine "B" movie acting, crisp black and white photography, an interesting and fairly novel idea and design for a sci-fi monster and some well done setups and special effects.
But the plot has lots and lots of holes in it and eventually succumbs to some preposterous hand waving to solve the central problem of how to stop the monster. I mean, come on, when Jeff Morrow proposes reversing the monster's polarity with the use of "omega particles", I could just imagine Tom Servo of MST3K saying in response "because we HAVE those now...!" Dropping a deus-ex-machina gimmick that comes out of nowhere in the middle of a problem that the best minds of the country were unable to solve is the worst kind of plotting.
Similar weaknesses: having Walt Disney's smarter brother (Emory) sacrifice his life (in an ingenious fashion BTW) to destroy the alien energy possessing him only to have the robot go right on about its business with no apparent change; and the shots of the monster on the move definitely detracted from its aura of menace and mystery (it looks like a whack-a-mole game come to life).Too many stumbles like these relegate "Kronos" to minor league status.
But I still liked it a lot, and it's nice to imagine what the film's makers could have done with a bigger budget.
But the plot has lots and lots of holes in it and eventually succumbs to some preposterous hand waving to solve the central problem of how to stop the monster. I mean, come on, when Jeff Morrow proposes reversing the monster's polarity with the use of "omega particles", I could just imagine Tom Servo of MST3K saying in response "because we HAVE those now...!" Dropping a deus-ex-machina gimmick that comes out of nowhere in the middle of a problem that the best minds of the country were unable to solve is the worst kind of plotting.
Similar weaknesses: having Walt Disney's smarter brother (Emory) sacrifice his life (in an ingenious fashion BTW) to destroy the alien energy possessing him only to have the robot go right on about its business with no apparent change; and the shots of the monster on the move definitely detracted from its aura of menace and mystery (it looks like a whack-a-mole game come to life).Too many stumbles like these relegate "Kronos" to minor league status.
But I still liked it a lot, and it's nice to imagine what the film's makers could have done with a bigger budget.