King of the Rocket Men (1949)

King of the Rocket Men (1949) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Fred C. Brannon and produced by Franklin Adreon.

King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon)

King of the Rocket Men isn?t a long serial. It?s only twelve chapters and almost one of them is a recap of the first three chapters. The final chapter spends most of its time setting up a big showdown, with the grand action finale?at least the grand action finale not recycling disaster footage from ... Read full article

King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon), Chapter 12: Wave of Disaster

The Wave of Disaster does have some great special effects for Rocket Men?s finale. Sure, they?re from an earlier film, but they?re still great. The Rocket Man effects are fine too, they?re just boring. After yet another tepid cliffhanger resolution?maybe the first to directly contradict the previous... Read full article

King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon), Chapter 11: Secret of Dr. Vulcan

About halfway through the chapter?the penultimate Rocket Men chapter?Tristram Coffin and Mae Clarke go over a cliff in a car into a lake. They?ve already gone over a cliff together as a cliffhanger. And Coffin forced a motorcycle driver to his death over the cliff into a lake. It really felt like Th... Read full article

King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon), Chapter 10: The Deadly Fog

The Deadly Fog is a clip chapter. Sadly, the fog doesn’t refer to the misting effect when Deadly goes into flashback to the moments from the first three chapters. After another lackluster cliffhanger resolution, Tristram Coffin ignores the weapon of mass destruction in a nearby car–he re... Read full article

King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon), Chapter 9: Ten Seconds to Live

Ten Seconds to Live is a new low as far as Rocket Men quality goes. It’s bad to the point the badness becomes more engaging than the story, partially because there’s no story, mostly because the good guys are just so dumb. The cliffhanger resolution is bad. The subsequent setup for the c... Read full article