Star Trek's original Captain Christopher Pike, Jeffrey Hunter, is a secret agent for the fictional Espionage, Inc., who has the technology to transport to the future or the past, by stepping into a fifth dimension. Hunter's Justin Power, carries a belt on his waste, which has the controls he uses, to move through the dimensional hallway. Dimension 5 (1966), explores the real-world fears of the late-1960s, involving China, the Cold War and nuclear attack, which were heavily explored topics at this time in history. The two biggest genres of that time, were espionage and science-fiction films. United Pictures Corporation, was a small, independent film-company, that specified in TV-movies or specials. However, through certain business moves, ended up releasing all 11 of their films theatrically. It is important to remember this when watching Dimension 5 (1966), because the original intention should have been taken by the company, because the films may have been judged more harshly in the theaters, then they might have been on TV. Say what you what about television, TV technology in the late-1960s was still not very good and you could definitely see a bigger, sharper image in the movie theaters at that time. It was the obvious fact, that the sharper the image, the sharper the imperfections were too.
On top of some pretty bad editing, Dimension 5 (1966), has silly dialogue, low production values and not the best acting. It was still a good-enough effort, that I feel it still deserves to be recommended to others. Harold Sakata, who was Oddjob, from the Bond/007 classic, Goldfinger (1964), is the wheelchair-bound, boss-man Big Buddha, who had to have his dialogue, redubbed over, by voice-actor Paul frees, who was the voice of Boris Badenov, from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (1959-1964). Justin Power's new partner is Kitty (France Nuyen), who is the high-point of the story and does deserve some credit for her performance. She is smart, tough and sure, Jeffrey Hunter is just fine, but I did feel, like he was looking a little bored. Maybe, he wasn't a big science-fiction fan or didn't like spy-dramas. The main plot to Dimension 5 (1966), involving a plot to detonate a nuclear bomb somewhere, would be a reoccurring theme with United Pictures Corporation. They have a couple of other films, involving the same plot, with a China-driven, nuclear-age, espionage story, that has to be thwarted by the good guys. It's espionage, comic book, story-telling, at its best.
PMTM Grade: 5.2 (E+) = 5 IMDB.
On top of some pretty bad editing, Dimension 5 (1966), has silly dialogue, low production values and not the best acting. It was still a good-enough effort, that I feel it still deserves to be recommended to others. Harold Sakata, who was Oddjob, from the Bond/007 classic, Goldfinger (1964), is the wheelchair-bound, boss-man Big Buddha, who had to have his dialogue, redubbed over, by voice-actor Paul frees, who was the voice of Boris Badenov, from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (1959-1964). Justin Power's new partner is Kitty (France Nuyen), who is the high-point of the story and does deserve some credit for her performance. She is smart, tough and sure, Jeffrey Hunter is just fine, but I did feel, like he was looking a little bored. Maybe, he wasn't a big science-fiction fan or didn't like spy-dramas. The main plot to Dimension 5 (1966), involving a plot to detonate a nuclear bomb somewhere, would be a reoccurring theme with United Pictures Corporation. They have a couple of other films, involving the same plot, with a China-driven, nuclear-age, espionage story, that has to be thwarted by the good guys. It's espionage, comic book, story-telling, at its best.
PMTM Grade: 5.2 (E+) = 5 IMDB.