In the early 1960's NASA discovered a vast and advanced civilization on the Moon with their first space probes. While this civilization was able to shield itself from all Earth-based visual detection devices, President Kennedy's speech from 1961 that declared the intent to "Put a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth" was not designed as a space race with the Soviet Union, but to secretly establish contact with this newly discovered civilization. This discovery was classified and false images from the Moon were transmitted during all the Apollo missions. When the Earth mission of this new civilization was discovered, political forces demanded that President Nixon end manned missions to the Moon in 1972. First World commences in the year 2018 when the Chinese government announces it is making its first manned mission to the Moon within 24 hours. What does this civilization represent? Why was it covered up? Who knows about its existence? What is their mission? And what lengths will some go to protect Earth and our way of life? China's first manned mission to the Moon reveals the Apollo 11 cover-up that mankind has never been alone. I have viewed this film a few times and (as an actor and film school graduate), I think this project, considering the subject matter,and the use of special effects on a very small budget is pretty good. There are some moments in it that are actually better than some of the multi-million dollar blockbusters out there. The acting is believable, the cinematography has some excellent moments and the music is perfect. Great editing keeps the story moving and doesn't confuse the viewer (which can happen in a short film that needs to get out a lot of information). The Producer/Director seems to have caught the intent of the story in a short film and I am sure that with the feature length version they will have an exciting final product. I really enjoyed First World. Often, for me, the Sci-Fi and Action genres are the hardest to follow because of the number of relationships, and subplots that arise, but I was very happy to see that First World keeps things uncomplicated yet thought-provoking. I loved, loved, loved the music score. I also enjoyed the way the historical and Biblical quotes were incorporated, as if there were some timeless, universal understanding that there could be something more out there. I'd love to see the full-length feature but agree with one of the comments left below regarding how effective it would be as an on-going series with suspense building up episode after episode! Good luck!!
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