Warlords Of Atlantis Details

Swashbuckling romp

Doug McClure featured in four action films made in the 1970s (the others were At the Earth's Core, The Land that Time Forgot and the People that Time forgot) but Warlords is probably the best of the bunch. McClure puts in a solid, if not brilliant, performance with good support from the other characters. Although the special effects look a bit simplistic by today's standards the film moves with such a brisk pace that you never dwell too long on any particular effect, you are onto the next scene. However, I did think that the destruction of the ship by the giant squid towards the end of the film was quite neatly done. No gratuitous sex scenes or anything other than comic book violence means that this film can comfortably sit in the category of 'family entertainment' - so forget the ludicrous science and impossible premise of the film and indulge in some mindless escapism.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Warlords of atlantis

With ambitions high above its station this film is unintentionally funny. Hungover? Raining outside? This could be the one to watch.