Danger Island (1992) (TV)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Tommy Lee Wallace

Writer:

William Bleich (written by)

Release Date:

20 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror

Tagline:

From the past came an end to the future.

Plot:

Mixed assortment of people survive the crash of an airliner at sea; cast upon a shore of mysterious island they discover dangerous creatures...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Biological Weapon | Tropical | Ocean | Creature

Cast

Lisa Banes	...	Diana
Richard Beymer	...	Ben
María Celedonio	...	Melissa (as Maria Celedonio)
Gary Graham	...	Rick
Kathy Ireland	...	Laura
Joe Lara	...	Matt
Christopher Pettiet	...	Brian
Beth Toussaint	...	Karen
Eddie Velez	...	Vic
Nikki Cox	...	Ariel
June Lockhart	...	Kate
Steve Goldsberry	...	Frank
Ray Bumatai	...	Tupac
Kimo Hugho	...	Chief
Gina Maria Aurio	...	Linda

Also Known As:

The Island (USA) (working title)
The Presence

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

NBC Productions

Trivia:

Was actually going to be a pilot for a TV series, but the series never made it.

Quotes:

Diana: Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of modern science.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Gilligan's X-Files

When I watched the NBC airing of DANGER ISLAND, I was fascinated by what a well-stocked premise the show had. First, a well-hidden lush jungle island. Add a local mysterious (but not evil, no matter what the earlier poster thought) tribe. And finally, the mysterious government black op, "Project Naomi", a well-stocked laboratory apparently handling a disturbingly wide variety of experiments. Which caused any number of mutants and mutagens to be released to roam the island.

Heck, as a former role playing game designer, I was envious I had not come up with such a setting. It would make a heck of an RPG!

The characters covered a wide variety of types, including apparently an ex-CIA type who knew about Project Naomi.... And a hero who, upon being exposed to a mysterious mutagen, is starting to become something other than human....

Man, I would love to see the writers' guidelines for this series!

The basic format of DANGER ISLAND has been revisited by two other TV series.

The mid-90s syndicated series PETER BENCHLEY'S AMAZON had an airliner crash in the remote jungle, stranding a few dozen passengers in an unexplored valley filled with mysterious threats..... And in fall 2004, ABC brings us LOST. An airline crash on a mysterious uncharted island filled with mysterious threats......

Postscript, January 2005-- It's funny watching LOST and DANGER ISLAND and seeing some of the same photogenic areas being used by the two similar shows a decade apart. LOST is definitely the better written show but still, it would have been nice for DANGER ISLAND to have had a better chance!

POST-postscript, January 2006-- A year later and it looks even more like DANGER ISLAND was a parallel world counterpart to LOST. Especially now that we know DI's "Project Naomi" has a counterpart in LOST's "Swarma Institute" (or whatever it's called!).