We begin with the four members of the Daedulus team in 1958 doing a test run on a rocket jet. Now the loose cannon of the team, Hawk (played by Tommy Lee Jones) screws up the test flight and they aren't chosen to land on space yet replaced by a monkey. Years later, a Russian satellite up in space is about to crash onto earth. Unfortunately, none of the new astronauts know the codes to keep it in space, so they enlist the help of the original engineer of the ship played by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood then agrees to go into space with his old teammates and fix the satellite.
    When I first saw the preview for this movie, I had high hopes for it. I mean, with a combo of Hollywood heavyweights like Tommy Lee Jones, Clint Eastwood, James Garner and Donald Sutherland, it's hard to go wrong with this. These guys just light up the screen with chemistry between each other and always seem to steal the screen from rookie actors. The characters with the most chemistry are Jones and Eastwood. They seem to rule the big screen with their constant bickering and antagonistic relationship. The whole concept of the plot is actually pretty good. We get to see changes in roles for Eastwood and Jones. Jones, who always seems to play the hard-ass authority figure in practically all of his movies, changes into a loose cannon with a heart of gold. My favorite character though, was Sutherlands. He was always hitting on the ladies and trying to make dates with women that were twenty years younger than him. His character was cool. I wish I had his guts. The film has a patriotic feel to it without being too preachy or reaching the lengths of NASA propaganda. It's very light-hearted even at its most emotionally devastating moments.

Ugh, what a colossal disappointment. We have a paper-thin plot, under-acting by the "all-star" cast. The plot is so diluted and plain that it reaches the point of boredom. Eastwood couldn't save this. You couldn't have saved this movie if you put Jimmy Stewart in it. It's also so far-fetched. I doubt NASA would risk the welfare of the earth by putting four old men in space. That's just plain irresponsible. What was surprising was that the scene I was most looking forward to, The space scene, is the most dull of the entire film. There was no feeling of intensity, no feeling of anxiety, no feeling of danger. You kind of figured they would all make it out alive. I was so disappointed. At one point, I was beginning to doze off. Oh well, next time these four heavyweights should rethink an ensemble movie 'cause this is not a good one. Too bad, too. I had extremely high hopes for this.

A terrible effort; an all-star cast of legends does not a masterpiece make. It takes more people!