Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

jarthurs-46779 Yes this film is a waste of your time. But I will say one (the only) good thing about it. The ladies, Carol Lynley (Niki) and Anne-Marie Martin (Kim) are stunningly beautiful with gorgeous hair. Other than that don't bother with this piece of dreck. I thought with a story by HG Wells and actors like Jack Palance, Carol Lynley and Barry Morse that it must have some redeeming features. But remember, this was made two years AFTER Star Wars so they must have known the bar had been raised significantly. Ed Wood can now rest in his grave knowing that Plan 9 From Outer Space is no longer the worst movie ever made.

hetoreyn Yeah I know .. this film hits the fan pretty hard an spray's its cinematic excrement all around as it starts with what looks like a promising beginning (it's what it's promising i didn't like :P).The opening theme is ballsy enough and all to the visual of a big explosion. Should be good right?The start of the film actually looks like it'll be pretty sweet but very quickly you get to understand that this film is going to hurt. DEEEEEP HURTING!!Lazy script writing, bone headed plot devices, boring performances. It's pretty clear that the biggest problem here is that no one .. not the actors, not the crew .. and certainly not he script writer .. knew what film they were trying to make. Everyone's trying pretty hard to look sincere but this was a story that needed about $40,000,000 to tell, and not $3,000,000. Lets look at the good points:Cinematography and editing is pretty solid. At least the camera crew knew what they were doing, and the editor definitely did his best with the material provided.At least there's some familiar faces even if they're not utilized any where near their potential.Ermm ... I guess that's it :P I gotta admit personally I LOVED the music score. It's hard to discern why, it's just got something that I like. I've seen a lot of B movies and most suffer from mediocre music score .. whereas this one I just enjoy listening to that crazy title theme.Bottom Line .. this movie is f***ing awful, but it's one of those kinds of movies you'll love if you're a nut for B movies. It's soon bad that it's positively good. As someone else suggested .. it should be a cult classic for being bad. It's still not as bad as anything that Bert I. Gordon .. or Colman Francis made. And this film totally should have been riffed by MST3K .. I guess the only reason it wasn't was because of licensing rights.You won't be missing anything if you skip this title. But it's awesome for a crap-fest.

Wendel-2 The problem with having a legitimate name, like H.G. Wells, is that some people use it to make their work seem legitimate. That is the case with this film. It has nothing to do with the Wells story, and has little story of its own to recommend it.It does have legitimate actors in it and that is what is confusing. Why Oscar winner Jack Palance, and Carol Lynley, of Poseidon Adventure fame, would agree to even read for this movie is beyond understanding. It must have been a lost bet or a tax write off of some sort.Now please understand, I like bad Sfi-Fi movies. I will even recommend "The Giant Claw" just for the silly puppet bird monster. I saw this film, in a theater, on Christmas Eve, when the doorman was feeling in the spirit and let us in for free. It still was not worth the money.Remember, you do not get time wasted back at the end of your life. Do not waste the time seeing this "film."

tmsindc-2 Absolutely Awful! This movie has nothing in common with the 1936 classic movie with a similar title. I wonder what the "pitch" was like, "Let's remake one of the most important early science fiction movies written by of the great early science fiction writers.....but we are going to change everything but the title." Think of it as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" remade and set in metropolitan Chicago about a young advertising executive, his hectic life, and a loveable dog named "Nemo"