Mysterious Island (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

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:

Pirate | Based On Novel

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:

Continuity: When the group in the balloon dump ballast, they cut off the sandbags from the outside of the hot air balloon basket. In the next shot, all sandbags are in place. One shot later, they're gone again.

"If it didn't star Patrick Stewart I may not have watched this film at all"

I've always been an admirer of Jules Verne's novels. But this movie was certainly poorly produced. This movie has a completely different storyline from Jules Vernes novel. Like Jules Verne's novel, the film tells the story of a group of prisoners who have escaped from a Confederate prisoner of war camp during the American Civil War by a hot air balloon. They travel over the pacific and their balloon is wrecked on an island in the south Pacific, an island which is filled with mysterious secrets.

While Captain Nemo did appear in the novel of 'Mysterious Island' he didn't appear in the novel until the third quarter of the novel, while in this movie he reveals himself close to the beginning. Also there were no female main characters in the novel of 'Mysterious Island' while in this film a woman who works as a nurse at the Confederate prisoner of war camp and her teenage daughter are among the escapees in the balloon and are among those stranded on the island. But a suppose it does give a bit of interest to the film. While there were certainly cutthroat pirates in the novel of 'Mysterious Island' I don't recall any giant animals.

The giant creatures were certainly very terrifying in this movie. There was a giant praying mantis, giant scorpions, giant ants, and even a giant bird. These creatures certainly presented a great suspense throughout the film, the computer generated affects didn't look realistic at all. Not much fun I don't think.

This film certainly needed a lot more to make it interesting. It needed a better cast of actors for one thing, but most of all this film needed a better story-line, the story in this film is extremely dull, it's not like the story in the novel at all. Overall the only good thing about this movie was Patrick Stewart, he is such a brilliant actor! In fact he was the only reason I kept watching the film. So I have to admit this 'Mysterious Island' movie is extremely dull, I don't recommend it to anyone.