Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking
Doc and the Amazing Five battle Captain Seas and "the green death" for control of a fabulous resource.
Stats: 32 reviews
Not living up to the original pulp fiction stories and marred by the camp influence of the TV "Batman" series, this film can only be judged as what it could have been vs. what it was: A high-concept betrayed by the producers of it. Personally, influenced by my WW2 veteran school ...( read more)
I remember seeing this as a kid and it was great! Don't know how it would compare to modern day hero flicks but I have very fond memories of this movie.
Ron Ely is worth the eye candy, boy is he built. Over all this is a fun film, action, romance, good vs evil.
In 1975 I was a huge fan of Lester Dent's (aka. Kenneth Robeson) series of adventure novels featuring The Man Of Bronze: Doc Savage. It should also be noted that in 1975 I was 13 years old. We waited, my friends and I, somewhat impatiently for this theatrical gem to arrive at o...( read more)
A quality Saturday afternoon movie. It has aged quite nicely, yes there is a huge amount of cheese slapped on but I think that was what they were aiming for. Its incredibly one dimensional and doesn't surprise in the least. For those of us old enough to remember watching this...( read more)
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Not living up to the original pulp fiction stories and marred by the camp influence of the TV "Batman" series, this film can only be judged as what it could have been vs. what it was: A high-concept betrayed by the producers of it. Personally, influenced by my WW2 veteran school shop teacher who had read the original books in his youth, I became a huge fan of the reprinted paperback series of novels, and by comparison this film was a major disappointment. Although the basic elements are similar to the original story ("The Man of Bronze"), it becomes evident after the first 30 minutes that the production fails, falling into a way to make a quick buck rather than maintain the integrity of the materiel. What could have been a "blood & thunder ripping yarn" adventure (similar to the "Mummy" & "Indiana Jones" ripoffs) degenerates into undeserved mediocrity. Tall, handsome, built but still under-muscled Ex-"Tarzan" Ron Ely cannot save this, and the CGI of the time does not help either. Hopefully one day we will see Doc & his crew done proper justice, but I have no illusions this will happen unless someone who really loves the characters is willing to mount an effort. We will need someone of Spielberg's level to get it done right. I guess we can all hope...Doc deserves better than this. See it for the adventure at the least. This is not on DVD, but is regularly shown on Spanish language channels as a feature film, but even non-Spanish speakers can watch and enjoy what little fun can be pulled out of this film, so just do it....
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