VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

lkhpinnell At last after years I know the name of this film, with this title no wonder I couldn't remember it. What is it about this film that causes those who saw it when young to remember it so well, like others who have commented on this I saw this aged about 8 to 10 years old on British TV in the mid 70's, I remember a trailer for it but not the very beginning, perhaps I missed it and that is why I couldn't remember the title. I remember some scenes so clearly however and have never seen it repeated and no one else that I described it to can remember it. Perhaps it is the ending that caused it to stick in my mind the first film I have seen with such a twist, will people who have seen the sixth sense feel the same. The heroin is there to be saved or help the hero , not in this case a real femme fatal, but not happy about doing it. Micale Cain said why do they remake good films, they are already good it is the bad ones that need remaking to make them better, if not a direct quote it describes the gist of what he said. I am not sure if this could live up to my memories of it , but I would like the chance to see it again, would I be disappointed? hopefully not

Carycomic Like a lot of other reviewers, here, I saw this a long time ago. It was telecast on old Channel 9, out of New Jersey. I tuned in a little bit late. But, I stopped channel-surfing when I recognized who the stars were.Lloyd Bridges, the veteran air-traffic controller from that hilarious disaster-spoof AIRPLANE; and Angie Dickinson, the sexy actress who played the first slasher-victim in Briam Depalma's DRESSED TO KILL!I think the real reason Channel 9 telecast that particular movie, however, was the presence of co-star Daniel J. Travanti (credited in the film as "Dan Travanty"). The latter was then-known as "Capt. Frank Furillo, NYPD," on the NBC crime-drama HILL STREET BLUES.If you've read the other reviews, you already know the basic plot. Two teams of aliens--three beings per team--fighting for possession of our unsuspecting planet. And, Ms. Dickinson's character as a poor innocent by-stander caught in the middle.For those who have grown up with series like X-FILES, THE VISITOR, and STARGATE: SG1, this premise will not seem new. But, back in the early/mid-Eighties, when Channel 9 first aired this, it was refreshingly innovative! To me, anyway.And, like the other reviewers, I sincerely wish it would be re-released on DVD. If only so I can see my parents' reaction to the twist ending (they're big fans of the movies' lead actors)!

wildpeace10 Perhaps the reason this TV movie is remembered now by older people who saw it in the 70's is because of it's shocking ending.Without revealing too much,it is not a happy one.it is also an unsatisfying one since we don't clearly understand the motivation behind it.The script writer seems to have tried to end the story with a twist ending but it's brought without excitement and turns out to be flat.This TV movie which lasts only about 70 minutes (without commercials) was clearly low budget and was probably shot in a very limited time.There is rear projection in many of the bus scenes and the ending seems to take place on an already constructed western set.The alien devices(apart from the glasses)are not very convincing and the search device sounds exactly like crickets noises!What holds the film together is the relationship between lloyd bridges and angie dickinson even though they don't create the chemistry that they should be creating.When those two aren't together on screen, most of the film turns to be dull and boring action scenes.Any episode of the one hour police woman series which later starred angie dickinson looks like a masterpiece beside this underdevelopped scripted film.The''you need glasses to see the aliens'' is a great idea(it was used later in THEY LIVE) and perhaps it's also one reason why the film is remembered today even though the disappearance of the dead alien bodies in flames was probably an idea borrowed from the TV series the invaders. (Domonic frontier who did the theme for the invaders also does the music for this movie) The film holds some good ideas and should probably get remade.it would be very easy to surpass this dated film.

mitcheroo Whole decades have passed since I've seen this one. Up until the late-70's, "The Love War" was TV grist for the afternoon just-home-from-school crowd or nightowls on the independent stations. It has since vanished.Lousy title, but a terrific premise: aliens fight a low-level, unseen war in a U.S. city for territorial control of the Earth. Some neat special effects (for 1970), a starry cast and a twist in the tale make this worth another look. Certainly worth consideration for a re-make.