Customer Reviews:
Good, old Fashioned adventure.......2007-11-03
They do not make them like that anymore! Good, old fashioned, adventure film about a ship of treaure hunters who visit Krakaota around the time it erupts. Might be a tad old fashioned for today's audiences. I still think that it is good though.
A brilliant adventure.......2006-12-17
This film is a brilliant adventure. A great disaster movie, a bit dated by todays standards. But still very impressive with great performances. I'm always moved by the ending when some of the passengers opt to go to an Island thinking it will be safer than the ship, the Father goes to shore but the son stays on board - "but a matchstick floats Papa!"
Its a great film and a great adventure movie. I only wish it was more readily available on DVD.
Fun formula treasure hunt movie.......2006-02-15
Hanson (Maximilian Schell) is a smiling cordial captain. He greets the menagerie of passengers. Among which are balloonists, a deep sea diver, exotic female pearl divers, and a lady with a questionable background, a claustrophobic marine biologist, and a last minute pack of chained criminals.
They are all going to Krakatau just before it blows its top. Most going for a part in a possible treasure. The captain and his girl Laura (Diane Baker) have ulterior motives. Is there really a treasure or a sham?
Lots of scenery and quasi early science. It has the look and feel of all of old Jules Vern movies like “Journey to the center of the earth.”
The tsunami scenes may remind us of a more recent real tsunami.
The only real draw back is the extended scenes. The movie over tells disasters by stretching them out for ever. You can get bored before songs are over. And they constantly point out the obvious over and over and over again.
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