The Lost Continent – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Sci-Fi – L
Director: Michael Carreras, Leslie Norman
Writer: Michael Carreras, Dennis Wheatley (Screenplay)
Cast
- Eric Porter (The Day of the Jackal)
- Hildegard Knef (Everyone Dies Alone)
- Suzanna Leigh (The Deadly Bees)
- Tony Beckley (The Italian Job)
- Nigel Stock (The Great Escape)
- Neil McCallum
Plot: The captain, crew, and passengers of an old freighter-all of them with dark secrets to keep-find themselves adrift in a mysterious land full of monsters, conquistadors, and killer seaweed.
Runtime: 1 Hour 29 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Lost Continent starts when Captain Lansen (Porter) leads a ship into dangerous waters and faces a mutiny from his crew. They have become scared of an incoming storm after learning about the explosives on board. After the crew abandon the ship, Lansen turns to the passengers to help with the ship.
However, they are forced to abandon the ship themselves. Captain Lansen must lead the survivors including Eva Peters (Knef), Unity Webster (Leigh) and Harry Tyler (Beckley) to safety. However, they find a strange land filled with monsters and conquistadors and must battle to escape and survive.
Verdict on The Lost Continent
The Lost Continent is an adventure sci-fi movie following a crew of a ship that stumbles upon a lost land. They become stranded and must fight against a host of different enemies to return to the life they were aiming for.
This movie uses the idea that the open ocean has many mysteries around it. It goes in a direction you wouldn’t expect, as we deal with a host of threats, from killer seaweed to Conquistadors forgotten in time. This fills the era of paranoia about the ocean and shows what could be out in the unknown. It is a bit cheesy but gets what it needs to out of the wacky discoveries made.
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Final Thoughts – The Lost Continent is a wacky journey into the unknown.
