Operation Avalanche

Name: Operation Avalanche
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Released: 2016-09-16
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Ray James, Johnny Osmokrovic, Samantha Michelle, Owen Williams, John Henry Robson

It's not a lie if you believe it

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

9/16/2016

Runtime

94 mins

Genres

Thriller Drama Mystery Comedy

Overview

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,250,000

Revenue

$55,000

Homepage

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How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A found-footage thriller that plays with the moon landing conspiracy theory as both serious espionage caper and elaborate prank, keeping you unsure whether to laugh or feel unsettled. The handheld, documentary-style approach makes the fictional intrigue feel disturbingly plausible.

Mood

ParanoidPlayfulTenseAbsurd

Themes

IdentityPowerTechnology

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

HandheldDocumentary-likeNaturalistic

Matt Johnson

Owen Williams

Jared Raab

Josh Boles

Andrew Appelle

Ray James

Director Brackett

Sharon Belle

Krista Madison

Julie Williams

Joe J. Thomas

James Webb (voice)

John Henry Robson

Baby Simon

Madeleine Sims-Fewer

Madeleine

Tom Bolton

Agent #1

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

Aug 27, 2026

The film looked beautifull but what i find the most interesting about this bit matt johnnson as a whole is that he litteraly just plays himself in most of his films and show. For someone like ryan reynolds, it sucks but with each film mr. Johnnson places another piece of himself through weird concepts.
The blackberry, a band and now the faking of the moonlanding. Idk, its just a good time but it also interesting conceptually, matt digs deeper and deeper throughout the film and while i wouldn't it say its a deep exploration on it, there is a bit of american exceptionalism in there which the further the story goes, turns the cia into something it is and thats radicalization.
(Watch my film
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Summer walk: https://boxd.it/ewenRP )

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