The 'Neptune' rescue vehicle goes searching undersea for a marine research facility that has been lost due to an earthquake. The rescue encounters over sized fish as the go deeper and deeper. Will they manage to locate the missing scientists? The best things about the film are the colourful Panavision cinematography by Harry Makin and the atmospheric music score by the great Lalo Schifrin but otherwise it is rather dull. A rescue film should have tension and suspense but this doesn't.
It has a good cast including Ben Gazzara,Yvette Mimieux,Walter Pidgeon and Ernest Borgnine but their characters are one dimensional and the dialogue is uninteresting. You can't do much with a role that mostly consists of looking out of a submarine window. Ben Gazarra seems particularly miscast and Ernest Borgnine seems to lose a lot of weight in his diving scenes!
It does have lots of beautiful sea life so there is that I suppose.
It has a good cast including Ben Gazzara,Yvette Mimieux,Walter Pidgeon and Ernest Borgnine but their characters are one dimensional and the dialogue is uninteresting. You can't do much with a role that mostly consists of looking out of a submarine window. Ben Gazarra seems particularly miscast and Ernest Borgnine seems to lose a lot of weight in his diving scenes!
It does have lots of beautiful sea life so there is that I suppose.