The Dominator reviews
Warlords of Atlantis
Distributed by
Beyond Vision/Warner Home Video
Cert: PG
Running time: 92 minutes
Year: 1978
Cat.no: SO38021
Sound: Mono
Fullscreen
Price: £9.99
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Cast:
Greg Collinson: Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot, At The Earth's Core )
Charles Aitken: Peter Gilmore (TV: The Onedin Line )
Atsil: Cyd Charisse (Brigadoon, Singin' in the Rain )
Atraxon: Daniel Massey (TV: G.B.H., The Entertainer )
Fenn: John Ratzenberger (TV: Cheers )
Warlords of Atlantis
This film was written by Brian Hayles who also wrote The Ice Warriors episodes
for the Doctor Who TV series). The other three fantasy films were all based
on novels by Edgar Rice Burrows, which were : The Land That Time Forgot (1975),
At The Earth's Core (1976) , and The People That Time Forgot (1977) .
The overall look of the film was done by the award-winning creator of special
effects, John Richardson (1986 Oscar Winner for "Aliens". His previous work
includes The Omen, Superman, Cliffhanger and several Bond films including
Moonraker, The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill
Warlords of Atlantis follows the trend of the classic fantasy film about
a group of expert scientists in search for the lost underwater city of
Atlantis, in that it's chock-a-block full of monsters and mayhem and all the
things a film buff needs.
When they find an ancient artefact of unknown origin, the scientist discover
a ferocious octopus with deadly, poisonous tentacles. The survivors become
prisoners of the Warlords of Atlantis, in a spectacular but dangerous
lost undersea kingdom.
If the Atlanteans want to escape back to their original home of Mars, they have
no choice but to alter the destiny of mankind. Caught in an underwater
cross-fire hurricane of diabolical creatures and extraterrestrial intrigue,
the Victorians are forced to battle the sinister gill-men, the gruesome Zaargs
and Mogdaans, not to mention the Atlanteans themselves, until they can safely
return to their own civilisation.
Get the picture? Good.
When the monsters come into play, if you're not rolling on the floor laughing,
you must be dead.
The picture quality is good, with the original master showing its age
occasionally with a few black flecks on the print, but it's certainly as good
as it can be, and although the sound is mono, it is a clean mono sound.
The video comes complete with original theatrical trailer, and the cover
of the video box gets full marks for being the original poster.
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 1996.
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