It's obvious that the topless women added to a re-release of this film we're not mermaids, and there was no explanation as to why they had visible human legs while the one lead mermaid was apparently genuine. It was nothing but an excuse to add some female breasts into the film, and for the most part while it's done tastefully (outside of a few gratuitous group shots), scientifically, it made no sense. But nonetheless, this is a fun adventure fantasy film where George Rowe encounters these creatures while in Baja California searching for giant pearls, threatened by the presence of Timothy carey, an evil man who wants him dead so he can get all the pearls himself.
This was the biggest role I've seen for Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, a very likable Mexican-American actor and comic, playing the owner of the fisherman boat that Carey leases. As usual, he steals every scene that he's in, only rivaled by his pet mina bird. Great shots of the natural resources of the real island of Tiburon makes the film exciting cinematically with great underwater shots, and that's what makes this film unique.
But Carey's villain is so horrid (one thing that he does truly upset me) that after a while, he's not even fun to watch while you wait for him to get his comeuppance. While it is indicated that this film was made cheaply, the photography indicates otherwise. Lots to really like about it, a certain minor elements prevented me from giving it a higher mark. It helps to know about the real island of Tiburon before watching this which I did not know about. That itself would make a fantastic movie.
This was the biggest role I've seen for Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, a very likable Mexican-American actor and comic, playing the owner of the fisherman boat that Carey leases. As usual, he steals every scene that he's in, only rivaled by his pet mina bird. Great shots of the natural resources of the real island of Tiburon makes the film exciting cinematically with great underwater shots, and that's what makes this film unique.
But Carey's villain is so horrid (one thing that he does truly upset me) that after a while, he's not even fun to watch while you wait for him to get his comeuppance. While it is indicated that this film was made cheaply, the photography indicates otherwise. Lots to really like about it, a certain minor elements prevented me from giving it a higher mark. It helps to know about the real island of Tiburon before watching this which I did not know about. That itself would make a fantastic movie.