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Make no mistake about it, The Land Unknown is one bad film. But those who are fans of 1950's sci-fi, especially the subgenre known as "lost world" films, will still get a kick out of it, as will all aficionados of bad movies. Not every single thing in Land is bad; some of the optical effects are actually pretty good for the period, and the use of actual footage from an early South Pole documentary is also interesting. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs, which are the reason one watches a film like this, are exceptionally poor. Many are lizards with plates or other objects attached to them, and they look no more like dinosaurs than any other lizard with objects attached to it. But those are still better than the tyrannosaurus, which is nothing more than a man wearing a not-too-convincing tyrannosaurus suit. Throw in a lame script, simply horrible dialogue, haphazard plotting and performances that are strictly from hunger, and the result is a dreadful mess that can't help but inspire laughter. It's definitely fun for a while, but the fun wears out a bit too quickly.