Celebrating its 65th anniversary this month, 12 to the Moon might not be the flashiest sci-fi to have emerged during the Cold War, nor the most profound. Finding characterization more difficult to navigate than outer space, 12 to the Moon also gives its United Nations-esque crew nothing to talk about other than their respective homelands. And swerving the Minority Dies First trope, all non-white crew members end the movie with their lives intact. Further highlighting the bare-bones budget, 12 to the Moon is also an aliens movie without any aliens. Still, you can’t help admire a sci-fi which, geopolitically speaking, at least tries to shoot for the stars.