Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
DVD5 | ISO | PAL 16:9 | 01:32:08 | 4,23 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 256 Kbps | Subs: None
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi
DVD5 | ISO | PAL 16:9 | 01:32:08 | 4,23 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 256 Kbps | Subs: None
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell destroyed, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advance alien race makes slaves of the ship-wrecked sailors. The aliens want to rule the human world to create a nazi state. Due to his high IQ, they think that Charles may join them. Greg and the team will need the help of Delphine, the daughter of a slave, to escape the city surrounded by evil creatures…
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By 1978 Amicus was no more, the founders Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg had finally gone their seperate ways after At the Earth's Core (1976), and Rosenberg himself had handed over control of the company to production executive John Dark after The People that Time Forgot (1977). However although the name was no longer present, John Dark and director Kevin Connor still saw potential for profit by continuing their line of fantasy adventure movies, this time with backing from Columbia pictures they brought Doug McClure back for the last time in Warlords of Atlantis:
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1892, on a boat in the Atlantic ocean, near to Bermuda, two men are preparing a diving bell. Charles Aitken a scientist and Greg Collinson (Doug McClure) the engineer who designed and built it. As they are lowered deep into the sea, they are attacked by a giant, pre-historic sea creature - surviving this attack, the men spot a golden statue on the sea floor and send it up to the ship. While Professor Aitken, Charles' father, is thrilled to see it, the crew start to plot a way to keep the valuable object for themselves, and shoot the Professor - however, a giant octopus snatches the men from the deck, and pulls the diving bell deep under the sea until the men awaken on a rocky coastline. Accosted by mysterious guards, the men soon learn that they are in Atlantis, the remains of an ancient alien civilisation, where humans are kept as slaves to keep the city from the waves and the horrible creatures that dwell outside the walls. Although seemingly a pleasant situation, the men soon learn the horrible price of staying, and make plans to escape…
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With the change in management, this fourth fantasy film was no longer based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels that had serviced the previous films, Warlords of Altantis is an original script from screenwriter Brian Hayles who had previously worked on the BBC's sci-fi series Doomwatch and Doctor Who (the original writer of the Ice Warrior serial Seeds of Death (1969)). Styled in a similar Victorian era adventure tone to the Burroughs' novels, it is a surprisingly well written story and with themes and ideas that would need a complete novel to do them justice. The Bermuda Triangle is never openly mentioned in the film, but is frequently eluded too, and although largely dismissed today, in the 1970s was considered to be an exciting phenomenon and was the subject of dozens of best selling books and movies.
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As a film, Warlords begins in typical adventure story fashion with the explorers beginning on a seemingly unrelated quest before accidentally discovering the city. Fortunately, enough time is given for the viewer to learn about the characters before the main story begins - the lead characters are rather typical, Aitken is very smart and Collison is more technically minded and strong, however the mutinous and double-crossing crew are more of a surprise and keep the audience on their toes throughout - helping to give the film an unexpected conclusion. Pacing is rather quick, and like At the Earth's Core, there are dozens of interesting plot points brought up that are never covered (What are the 6th and 7th Cities? Where actually are they, and why is there daylight? Why are all the 'slaves' so happy?).
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The addition of the rubber-suit monsters, although part of the course for a Doug McClure adventure film, does seem rather unnecessary here, and if anything distracts from the more interesting points that the film raises, including the notion of a Metropolis (1926) style culture, with the intellectual elite running the show, with the power to control human destiny, themes that are given far too brief screentime. Whether or not Brian Hayles had planned to explore the themes further in another film will not be known as he sadly died just a few months after the film was completed, while working on John Dark's final fantasy project Arabian Adventure (1979).
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Kevin Connor has improved his direction yet again and the production is the best of the Doug McClure films. Effective use of matte paintings, and some Maltan landscapes gives the film a real other-worldly feel, while the full size octopus model that attacks the ship looks very effective - the rear projection monsters are still not as good as stop-motion, but are using sparingly here. The underwater shots of the diving bell do look very nice as do the costumes, paticularly of the city's guards. Mike Vickers again provides the soundtrack and gives a very strange score in a lot of scenes, combined with some good orchestral music.
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Doug McClure is unlikely to win any acting awards, but has good screen presence. There are no big names among the rest of the cast, but all give decent turns, with Lea Brodie playing the boxom heroin.
Very cleverly written, although sadly limited by the film's 90 minute run-time, Warlords of Atlantis is boosted by good production and a decent set of performances. Not as fun as At the Earth's Core (1976) but still an enjoyable film, and certainly the most thought provoking of the series. Partly recommended to fantasy and Amicus fans.
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