I figured if the deadline had been pushed to June 8, why not slip one more in?
WAR GODS OF THE DEEP
If the world was just and kind, then the sentence, “It’s a movie where Vincent Price stars as a madman who rules over an underwater society of fishmen prone to kidnapping scantily clad beautiful women,” would indicate the existence of probably one of the greatest films ever made. But the world is often cold and heartless and it often enjoys toying with us mere mortals as did the petty and jealous Greek gods of old. Therefore, the sentence, “It’s a movie where Vincent Price stars as a madman who rules over an underwater society of fishmen prone to kidnapping scantily clad beautiful women,” does not indicate the existence of one of the greatest movies of all time, but instead, indicates the existence of a shocking dull film in which Vincent Price sits in a cave while a couple stiffs run around in tunnels, and then some stuff blows up at the end. This, sadly, is the fantasy world conjured up by the lackluster War Gods of the Deep — a modestly entertaining film in spots, but a tremendous letdown given the talent in front of and behind the camera.
#1 by hman on June 8, 2008 - 5:57 pm
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I remember getting all excited because this movie was coming on AMC the same week I was housesitting (and thus didn’t have to fight with my family for the TV). After about twenty minutes, I turned the film off in frustration. What a disappointment.
#2 by Matthew Fudge on June 9, 2008 - 3:48 am
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This is caled ‘City Beneath the Sea’ here, but that doesn’t make it any more exciting. The ‘chase’ scene is indeed mind-bogglingly dull, not help by several shots pointing upwards at our heroes, which repeatedly show that they are in fact only in about 8 foot of water rather than far far away in the depths.
As far as the chicken goes, I reckon it’s a tribute/knock-off/inexplicable steal from the duck in the James Mason version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth.