
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs. Piloting their ship is Captain Tarnowski, a ruthless alcoholic suffering from malaria- induced bouts of insanity. When they arrive at the island, they discover that the stories they have heard are all true. Will they survive to tell anyone what they've found?... (Full plot summary below)
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Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs. Piloting their ship is Captain Tarnowski, a ruthless alcoholic suffering from malaria- induced bouts of insanity. When they arrive at the island, they discover that the stories they have heard are all true. Will they survive to tell anyone what they've found?
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe sci-fi film provides only risible scares with its ineffective special effects and further irritates with a dull adventure story that lacks much of an appeal. |
| User ReviewPrivate UI bought this as a birthday present for a friend and I'm still not sure whether it is funny or not. I guess it is largely based on how drunk you are when you watch it. |
| User ReviewGreg Wwowe another island discovered with dinosaurs-yes this is that thread worn plot |
| User ReviewThe Movie WThis movie's original tagline read "So spectacular it took one year to produce!". I can only assume the film-makers were really poor at time management as there is nothing on screen to warrant such a lengthy production. Perhaps rubber costumes took a lot longer to construct in the forties than today? It might be shot in glorious technicolor but don't let that fool you; this is most definitely a B-movie. Usually that means you're in for a fun time but "Unknown Island" is for the most part just dull. In the wake of "King Kong" in the early thirties we had a bunch of great pictures featuring expeditions to strange islands inhabited by bizarre creatures; "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Island of Lost Souls" being two of the best. The advent of World War II killed off that particular sub-genre, the idea of Americans sailing off to their doom in the Pacific had sadly become a reality. This late entry has none of the artistry of it's earlier counterparts. At least with the older films you were always guaranteed some pretty impressive stop motion creatures but here they're replaced by the dreaded man in a rubber suit gimmick. Judging by the stumbling movements of the "dinosaurs" it seems they recruited their actors from the local drunk tank. They bump into and fall over each other like a surreal cross between "The Banana Splits" and the shambling zombies from "Night Of The Living Dead". The producers pull out all the stops for the climax which features a creature with the body of an Orangutan and the head of a Doberman. Denning, here playing an alcoholic ex-soldier, would go on to star in quality sci-fi fare like "Target Earth" and "Creature From the Black Lagoon". I advise you to watch those before you even think of going near this effort. |
| User ReviewPete SOne of many dinosaur island discovery movies, nothing special. |
| User ReviewCraig CSlow and boring. The dinosaurs are silly looking, but at least they're not lizards. The characters are pretty generic and uninteresting, and there isn't enough dinosaur action. There's a few decent scenes, but nothing worth your time. |
| User ReviewAj VOne of many dinosaur island discovery movies, nothing special. |
| User ReviewDaryl .watched this one the other day on T.V.OMG what sad acting.but it was good for a laugh at 2:00 in the morning |