Okay, this is getting old now. I'm binge watching Jules Verne's classics, namely 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mysterious Island and Journey to the Center of the Earth and let me tell you a lot of writers have gone into business for themselves over the years.
What I mean by that is just how few are actually following Verne's work, most use the concept/title and little else. This made for TV effort barely takes the concept and is really just in title only.
Feeling and ending like the pilot episode of a Scyfy original television series it has little to nothing to do with Verne's work and is another example of creators taking liberties with time tested material.
We see a group of adventurers visit the center of the earth via a mole machine and a volcano and it erm.....flies, for some reason. While down there they come across Harry Henderson, vampire slime bat things, cavemen and an evil faceless foe who speaks in a voice that would be cheesy even by 1980's kids show standards.
Sadly the cheesiness doesn't end there, the performances are the over the top, the sfx are exactly what you'd expect for the time and the whole plot is yet another mockery to Verne's classic.
If you're seeking an adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth this very much needs skipping over. If you're looking for a cheesy dumb 1990's scifi movie starring Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager and Lurch from the Adams Family then this is the film for you.
The Good:
90's nostalgia novelty
The Bad:
Awful cgi
Has little to do with Jules Verne's work
Needlessly cheesy
Incomplete
What I mean by that is just how few are actually following Verne's work, most use the concept/title and little else. This made for TV effort barely takes the concept and is really just in title only.
Feeling and ending like the pilot episode of a Scyfy original television series it has little to nothing to do with Verne's work and is another example of creators taking liberties with time tested material.
We see a group of adventurers visit the center of the earth via a mole machine and a volcano and it erm.....flies, for some reason. While down there they come across Harry Henderson, vampire slime bat things, cavemen and an evil faceless foe who speaks in a voice that would be cheesy even by 1980's kids show standards.
Sadly the cheesiness doesn't end there, the performances are the over the top, the sfx are exactly what you'd expect for the time and the whole plot is yet another mockery to Verne's classic.
If you're seeking an adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth this very much needs skipping over. If you're looking for a cheesy dumb 1990's scifi movie starring Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager and Lurch from the Adams Family then this is the film for you.
The Good:
90's nostalgia novelty
The Bad:
Awful cgi
Has little to do with Jules Verne's work
Needlessly cheesy
Incomplete