Not to be confused with The Human Centipede from Outer Space, THE CAT FROM OUTER
SPACE is the mildly delightful tale of an alien, Jake, who is forced to land on
Earth to repair his space ship. Jake is just a normal cat, except that
he's very smart and has a highly advanced collar that pretty much gives him
god-like powers. It can freeze people in place, make objects fly or speed
up or slow down and all kinds of other stuff. It can also make his voice
appear inside your head as a way of communication. Anyway, Jake's small
space ship is taken by the military, so Jake needs human help to assist him in
getting the large quantity of gold needed to repair his craft. He enlists
the help of some local scientists who take to rigging (with the help of Jake's
powerful collar) sporting events and gambling on the results. No word on
the thousands of gamblers whose lives were probably destroyed by the insane
results of these events.
In a weird way THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE reminds me of
THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK. Cute critter with a special ability is hunted by the government and
needs the help of a small group of well-meaning humans that include Sandy
Duncan. And that's not a bad thing because I like THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK
alright.
Medium pace, super cute cat (or cats?) as Jake, impressive cat "acting", cast
full of well-known old Hollywood faces, Roddy McDowall as a bad guy, lifeless
direction, very impressive aircraft stunts that looked dangerous as fuck, tons
of plot holes, goofy humor mainly directed at children, zero tits, zero gore,
dumb ending. Modern audiences would probably find TCFOS to be a boring
turd, but it does have a certain innocent charm to it. I'd watch it again
and I would totally 100% love to see a remake!
