Mysterious Island (2005) (TV)

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers (WGA):

Jules Verne (novel)
Adam Armus (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

17 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Jules Verne | Confederate | Graveyard | Balloon | Chameleon

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kyle MacLachlan	...	Cyrus
Danielle Calvert	...	Helen
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Jane
Patrick Stewart	...	Nemo
Jason Durr	...	Pencroff
Omar Gooding	...	Neb
Vinnie Jones	...	Bob
Tom Mison	...	Blake
Roy Marsden	...	Joseph (as Roy Anthony Mould)
Chris Larkin	...	Atherton (as Christopher Stephens)
Dom Hetrakul	...	Sun (as Dom Hatrakul)
Nate Harrison	...	Lemay
Geoffrey Giuliano	...	Li
Banjong Siriwattanawong	...	Pirate
Daniel O'Neill	...	Young Pirate

Runtime:

Japan:172 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG | Netherlands:12 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Krabi, Thailand

Company:

Larry Levinson Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: Libby Prison was not a field of tents as depicted. It was a warehouse that covered an entire block in the city of Richmond.

Fascinating adventures and glimmer scenarios along with colossal animals

This new adaptation from Jules Verne novel starts on American Civil War, after the battle of Richmond. An Union POWs , an officials named Cyrus(Kyle McLachlan), Pencroff(Jason Durr), an African-American soldier(Omar Gooding), a mother(Gabrille Anwar) and her daughter(Calvert) escape in an observation balloon and terminate stranded on a lonely South Pacific island . They must to use their talents to survive dangers, facing off pirates(Vinnie Jones) and devise a way to return home. At the uncharted island find gigantic bugs such as large serpents, giants spiders,monstrous dragonfly, enormous rat , among them. Off course , also encounter captain Nemo(Patrick Stewart) and his loyal helper Joseph(Roy Marsden) and his riveting submarine of the future called Nautilus. Furthermore an unstable volcano on the edge of eruption.

This follow-up to ¨20.000 leagues under the sea¨ is an exciting fantasy-adventure full of special effects created by computer-generator. The runtime is overlong with several incidents and sub-plots , taking too much liberties from original novel.The cast is great but wasted, as weak performance by Patrick Stewart, unforgettable Star Trek's Piccard. Colorful cinematography , being filmed on location an island of Thailand. The motion picture is middling directed by Russel Mulcahy.

Another versions based on this classic story are the following and filmed before : 1) Silent rendition made in 1929 2) Directed by Cy Endfield (1961), and starred by Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood and Herbert Lom as Nemo, with creatures designed by the master Ray Harryhausen, it's the best adaptation, and 3) European take on by Juan Antonio Bardem(1973) with Omar Shariff as captain Nemo.