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• Bruce B

  
  From The MGM Midniote Movies Double Feature collection, I've watched this a million times on TV over the years and might have even seen it in the drive in when it first come out, made when here in the US and Britain the Germans were still not to be trusted. A cargo ship is sunk… More
  From The MGM Midniote Movies Double Feature collection, I've watched this a million times on TV over the years and might have even seen it in the drive in when it first come out, made when here in the US and Britain the Germans were still not to be trusted. A cargo ship is sunk by a German U boat and when it surfaces the crew in life boats take over the German sub, they end up lost and in the Land that Time Forgot, a land with dinosaurs and cave men. Nothing outstanding a good Sunday afternoon film. 3 stars 11-08-12.

• Robert C

  
  To children this will no doubt be an exciting film full of cool monsters and tense moments. As an adult I found it to have blatantly racist and Imperialistic undetones and was a bit bothered by the fact that they spent much of the movie thoughtlessly slaughtering all of the… More
  To children this will no doubt be an exciting film full of cool monsters and tense moments. As an adult I found it to have blatantly racist and Imperialistic undetones and was a bit bothered by the fact that they spent much of the movie thoughtlessly slaughtering all of the inhabitants (both beast & human) of "The Forgotten Land" with little regard. Normally it's easy for me to over look these sorts of things in older films, but this wasn' THAT old! And they just kept KILLING everything! : P If you can get past that, it was a (mostly) enjoyable sci-fi journey and it was fun seeing Colin Farrell as a young lad in a very minor role. One can't help but see similarities to the original "Land Of The Lost" as well, they even have their own "Chaka"! I must give them credit for a surprisingly bleak ending, which was rather unexpected.

• Dean !

  
  This is a great family classic! A little dated now in terms of special effects etc but probably cutting edge at the time. A great fun action film with all sorts of creatures in it. If you're a fan of the old Sinbad or Clash of the Titans type films you'll love this. I… More
  This is a great family classic! A little dated now in terms of special effects etc but probably cutting edge at the time. A great fun action film with all sorts of creatures in it. If you're a fan of the old Sinbad or Clash of the Titans type films you'll love this. I can't be the only one in my friends list who has seen this!?! lol

• The Movie W

  
  There's a glorious period of naivety in your childhood before your skull hardens and you develop the ability to distinguish a quality film from one made by hacks. During this period I put Doug McClure on equal footing with Harrison Ford and at the age of eight this movie was just… More
  There's a glorious period of naivety in your childhood before your skull hardens and you develop the ability to distinguish a quality film from one made by hacks. During this period I put Doug McClure on equal footing with Harrison Ford and at the age of eight this movie was just as good as "Raiders of the Lost Ark". It had pterodactyls, something missing from the Indiana Jones movies (though if George Lucas got his way...). I'm no longer eight years old and my skull is significantly harder. With hindsight I can most definitely say McClure is no Ford and Kevin Connor is no Spielberg. The movie gets off to a pretty good start as a British ship carrying McClure is sunk by a U-Boat. McClure, being the lucky git he is, ends up in a rowboat with Penhaligon, an actress who is cute in a seventies children's TV presenter kind of way. They come across the crew of the sunken vessel and band together to capture the German submarine using the old "stand behind the door and grab 'em when they come out" trick. If this move had been taught in military schools perhaps the allies could have wrapped the two wars up a lot more quickly. McEnery makes for an effective German officer with his Aryan blue eyes and a somewhat convincing accent. He actually goes on to be one of the film's more sympathetic characters despite torpedoing countless women and children. His english speaking captors lock him up but forget to check his person for keys so he regains control of the craft and they all end up off course in the title destination. Once there they encounter the least threatening "dinosaurs" ever to grace the screen. These creatures just lope about while the humans riddle them with bullets like rich aristocrats on an elephant hunt. They also come across two tribes, one group resembling neanderthal man and the other slightly more evolved . It all ends badly with the island napalmed in what may be a cheeky Vietnam allegory by Connor, but I doubt he had such lofty ambitions. If you're under the age of thirty I doubt you'll be able to get through this in one piece but if you grew up with McClure gracing the screen every bank holiday afternoon you'll feel a warm glow of nostalgia. Fans of cheesy special effects will want to check it out for the pterodactyl kite alone. It was followed up by a sequel "The People That Time Forgot" which dispensed with dinosaurs but added Dana Gillespie's cleavage.

• Ed Fucking H

  
  Pretty good adventure B-Movie, that lags a bit in the middle but makes up for it with an unexpected but much appreciated pessimistic ending. The set up was good. Not believable but for the purposes of the movie, I'll let it pass. I did think in the storytelling department the… More
  Pretty good adventure B-Movie, that lags a bit in the middle but makes up for it with an unexpected but much appreciated pessimistic ending. The set up was good. Not believable but for the purposes of the movie, I'll let it pass. I did think in the storytelling department the film began to lag in the middle, which really shouldn't have been the case, as it is only then that they reach 'The Land that Time Forgot.' At the same time we get great cheapie special effects and plastic dinosaurs and such, so I was still entertained through this portion, even if I think the set up at the begining and the downer ending were the best things going for this movie. I fucking hate Doug McClure more in everything I seem him in and this time around was no exception. Most pompous, arrogant and douchey 'hero' ever captured on film I think. One star lost for his prescence. Half a start given back for the ending though. Leading up to the ending I had my finger crossed that something terrible would befall McClure. While I would have prefered if the film entered Cannibal Holocaust territory, I was still satisfied when the end credits began to role. Either way good times for sure. Recommended.

• Barry L

  
  OMG What a fantastic film. I saw this as a kid and it only fuelled my love of films...still a classic...watch the plastic dinosaurs...brilliant.

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