Oct 6, 2008
Trailer 192 of 695
Irwin Allen followed up The Poseidon Adventure with another big budget disaster spectacle that gives the hotfoot to some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Hardly Paul Newman's greatest achievement, but he approaches it with the same powerful presence he brought to all his films, and teams up effectively with fellow superstar Steve McQueen.
"If you like telepathic Pterodactyls this one's for you!" How can one resist a commentary like that? LOL.
Can't say I actually "like" this movie but I can tolerate it. It makes as much sense as many non-drug-related films that go a bit off the rails for purely "artistic" reasons, so simply pegging it as a "drug movie" only of interest in its time is inaccurate...
Inside mother earth; Caroline Monroe and Godzilla's country cousins. Who knew? Always thought LAND THAT TIME FORGOT managed to look way classier than it's budgetary constraints (no mean feat...
The one original touch: a caveman monster with veins that go ACROSS his nostrils (look fast and you can see him in the trailer). Umm, other than that...
I have a great fondness for this daft film. I remember running around my grandad's garden with a hankerchief I found tied around my hand because I saw Doug McClure do it in either this or another Conner film promting my grandad to ask of I'd hurt myself...
"Phoned it in so intensely, you can almost hear the dial tones" That line is better than anything in this film..
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