When sensitive data threaten national security in the USA of the 1960s, it smells suspiciously of a Soviet mole. To unmask this mole, two CIA agents infiltrate NASA. Disguised as documentary filmmakers who want to record the preparations for the moon landing, they discover much bigger problems than the traitor. NASA turns out to be incapable of landing on the moon. A catastrophe in the cold war! But the documentary team has an idea...
Almost 20 years after THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, the found-footage genre seems hackneyed. Every now and then, however, a film strays into a new corner of fake documentaries and brings a breath of fresh air. OPERATION AVALANCHE dances lively between mockumentary, conspiracy theory, thriller and comedy. It is the almost naïve lightness of the film that on the one hand puts us in a good mood, but on the other hand once again raises the question: And if everything ...? No way! Or maybe it does?