Review of Lost Continent (1951) by Nick G — 13 Jun 2008
After climbing up a mountain that must have been 80 million feet high, Cesar "The Joker" Romero, Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont and a supporting cast of Twilight Zone regulars defy geography, physics and principle science as they explore the jungles of a lost, mountain-top continent.
A green world populated by big ferns, plastic palm trees and a few dinosaurs Ray Harryhausen threw away when he was 3. Sam Newfield's apparent obsession with mountain climbing does nothing for the plot and so much steam is lost before reaching the land of the lost that by the time the first brontosaurus appears it's just too ho-hum to ever find an exciting pace.
The cast is it's one redeemable element and they do their best to sell this Wellsian imitation, however even these screen vets can't eclipse the sets and effects that seem to predate adventure films from twenty years earlier.
Compared to the likes of Son of Kong or Mighty Joe Young, Lost Continent resides somewhere at the bottom of the B-movie scale.
This review of Lost Continent (1951) was written by Nick G on 13 Jun 2008.
Lost Continent has generally received very negative reviews.
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