Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

utgard14 Prehistoric hokum from Hammer about a brown-haired caveman named Tumak (John Richardson) and a blonde cavewoman named Loana (Raquel Welch) falling in love despite their differences. We learn a lot about the politics and relationships of primitive man, as well as learn all there is to know about dinosaurs. And it's 100% true! Screw naysaying scientist types. This is a remake of the 1940 Hal Roach film One Million B.C., which starred Victor Mature and Carole Landis. I'm one of that movie's few fans. Most people bash it pretty hard. This Hammer version is more famous than the earlier one, due almost entirely to lovely Raquel Welch. Like the earlier film, this one gets little respect. Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion effects are great. The film has a very attractive look, with nice cinematography and good location shooting at the Canary Islands. Of course, one can't praise the aesthetics of this movie without talking about the beautiful women in their fur bikinis, chief among them Raquel Welch. Even if the movie were just 90 minutes of her in that bikini, that would be enough to warrant recommending it. She's boobtacular! There's definitely some camp appeal to this flick. After all, it's a caveman movie where they communicate mostly through grunts and noises, with the occasional jib jab word thrown in. I think it's a fun time-passer. Not a lot else to say about it. It's babes in bikinis and bearded bozos fighting dinos. Anybody who goes into this expecting something deeper than a puddle deserves to be disappointed.

GusF I expected to like the film but not to the extent that I did. I think that this is the only sound film that I've ever seen in which there is practically no dialogue in a real language. (I'm fairly sure that the only proper word used in the film is "Archelon," which is the actual scientific name of the giant turtle which attacks the Shell tribe.) To be honest, I was a little apprehensive about watching the film for that reason as I thought that it would slow the film down significantly but it didn't at all really, surprisingly enough. The excellent musical score certainly adds to the atmosphere.The film is beautifully shot. Don Chaffey, an underrated director, utilises the exotic locations of Lanzarote and Tenerife to wonderful effect, giving it a much different look and feel to most other Hammer films. It has a slightly otherworldly feel which is appropriate in the circumstances. Ray Harryhausen's special effects are absolutely (and typically) brilliant for the time and hold up remarkably well. With one small exception, the dinosaurs even look realistic when they appear in the same shot as people. I don't think that the dinosaur effects were surpassed until "Jurassic Park". Even the pterodactyl flying effects look great. The film is visually striking in other ways too, such as Tumak discovering the ape men's skulls and the severely injured Akhoba's face when he returns to the Rock tribe's cave.I was enjoying the film so much that it was a full hour before I realised that it didn't have a plot per se. It's more of a collection of excellent set pieces loosely held together by Tumak's growing relationship with Loana and his periodic power struggles with his father Akhoba, his brother Sakana and Ahot. However, I can't say that that effected my enjoyment of the film! Due to the lack of any true dialogue, the actors rely on their eyes and facial expressions (as well as frequent acts of violence!) to communicate their emotions and most of them do a very good job of it, particularly Robert Brown (who is far more authoritative as Akhoba than he was as M!) and Martine Beswick, while Raquel Welch and John Richardson make for very appealing and likable leads.

JohnHowardReid I remember seeing this one in a small first release cinema back in 1967 when it was first released. As the cinema was part of a nation-wide chain owned by 20th Century-Fox, naturally the version screened for an audience of seven (me plus six usherettes) was the 91-minute USA cutdown. Admittedly, screening the British version would have made no difference to the size of the audience. With the sole exceptions of "Fantastic Voyage" (1966) and "Bedazzled" (1967), all the films in which Raquel starred were total write-offs in Australia. Worse, her part in "Fantastic Voyage" could hardly be described as typical; while as for "Bedazzled", her role was little more than a cameo. To say that Miss Welch had no box office appeal in Australia would be the understatement of the year. That's a shame because I always liked her. My favorite of her movies is "Fathom". I also like "Lady in Cement", even though most of the glory here belongs to Frank Sinatra. As for "One Million Years B.C.", I think Miss Welch looks far more appealing in the publicity photos than in the film itself. Also John Richardson struck me as an actor with no charisma. Like him or hate him, you can't say that about Victor Mature who starred in Hal Roach's first version, "One Million B.C.", back in 1940. And for those who groove on special effects, the 1940 film is far more spectacular.

Jimmy L. The best thing about this movie is Raquel Welch in a Stone Age bikini. The next best thing about this movie is Ray Harryhausen's special effects work, which is impressive while still containing the charm of stop-motion animation.Pressed to name a third thing, I'd probably say veteran Bond girl Martine Beswick in a Stone Age bikini.Those are the only things.This is a pretty silly caveman flick, which contrasts the lifestyles of the savage brown-haired cavepeople with the peaceful, harmonious blond-haired cavepeople. All the while the cavemen and cavewomen are subjected to unprovoked attacks by dinosaurs and other giant reptiles.Aside from some opening narration, the only dialogue is in caveman-speak, but the story is not difficult to follow. There's not a lot of depth here. Just hairy men, sexy women, and some dinosaurs.Harryhausen's work effectively blends stop-motion creatures with live-action footage to bring the impossible battles of man vs. dinosaur to life on-screen. The impressive parts are when the people interact with the creatures (throwing spears at them or hitting them with rocks). Blurring the lines of what was live action and what was animation was what Harryhausen did best.Raquel Welch is the homecoming queen of the blonde cavepeople, with Martine Beswick as the sexiest member of the vicious brunette tribe. Yes, there's a cat fight. Welch and her bronzed bod steal the show, cementing her legacy as a sex symbol in this iconic role. For a cavewoman, she sure had a good makeup team.