Latitude Zero (1969)
Directed by Ishiro Honda / Eiji Tsuburaya
Genres - Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Children's/Family |
Release Date - Dec 4, 1970 (USA) |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - Japan, United States |
MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
Godzilla maven Inoshiro Honda helmed this quaint, old-fashioned fantasy adventure (loosely styled after 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) about the crew of a damaged deep-sea craft who are taken aboard a high-tech atomic submarine dubbed "Alpha," commanded by the Nemo-like Captain McKenzie Joseph Cotten. The Captain then transports them to the underwater city of Latitude Zero, whose inhabitants are dedicated to monitoring and protecting human civilization. Cotten's next mission involves the rescue of a Japanese doctor from the clutches of the diabolical Dr. Malic Cesar Romero, whose scientific experiments include the transplanting of human brains into various animals. Mindless fun, with some marginally effective underwater model effects, and Honda even throws in a few giant rubber-suit monsters for old times' sake.
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bad-guy, bat [animal], brain, captain [military], city, civilization, conflict, control, crew, eruption, evil, exploration, good-guy, help, inventor, Japan, kidnapping, lion, mankind, mistress, Pacific-Ocean, plans, project [plan], rat [animal], rescue, scientist, sea, serum, submarine, transplant, underwater, victim, volcano, world-domination
