Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Stevieboy666 Apparently filmed in colour but the print that I just had the misfortune to sit through was in black and white, though I doubt that had it been in colour that it would have been any better. I just found it pretty inept and boring. The microphone makes several appearances, acting is as wooden as the boats in the film and a few of the supposedly Pacific islanders are obviously western women. Some nice scenes of Hawaii though.

jhammond59 I saw this movie - for free, thank heavens - at my timeshare on Kauai. This was one of many films shot on Kauai, more movies were shot here than any other island in the Hawaiian chain. Since I normally like Corman's movies, and many scenes were shot at places I've been on the island, most obviously Hanalei pier, I thought, "How bad could it be?" You know you're in trouble when you have trouble getting through half of a very short movie. My friends and I continually looked at each other as if to say, "Are you enjoying any of this?" Bad cinematography made it hard to recognize places I was at only hours before! Whoever did the transfer to DVD - and why?? - either found the worst print available, or used an ancient duplicator. There is one plus I can give this film, I now can say I saw a movie that rates lower than Plan 9 from Outer Space. OK, half a movie. Do not see this movie if you like Roger Corman's movies, you'll change your mind.

Scarecrow-88 Two American brothers find themselves on an island(inhabited only by women, woot!)encountering trouble from the female tribal leader whose suspicious nature, in regards to a god she serves, creates tension and fear among the people. Chris(Bill Cord) is a polite, well mannered man who attempts to keep his greedy no-good brother Lee(Don Durant) out of trouble, falling in love with Mahia(Lisa Montell), the girl who rescued him from being shark food. Mahia is forbidden to associate with Chris, but her burgeoning love for him causes angst and anxiety, and soon they will have no choice but to leave the island as tribal leader Pua(Jeanne Gerson) has signaled for the police. Lee is responsible for the senseless murder of a security guard, killed during a gun smuggling operation which went sour. Lee is dependent on his big brother to help find him sanctuary from the authorities out to catch him. Lee, feeling pressure regarding their limited time before a ship would be in the area, needs to find a means off the island. There are far worse things than watching cute island girls Hawaiin dancing, but it doesn't exactly move the plot along..it almost feels like Corman, the epitome of "prolific", is more dedicated to presenting the Hawaiin location as a travelogue for tourism than the story itself. Eventually, though, the story picks up as Chris and Mahia's love is tested by both sides, his brother and her island family. When Lee steals pearls and kills one of the island guards, this only adds to an already difficult situation..along with Pua who they kidnapped and Mihia, the two brothers had to stop off at the nearby reef in order to wait out until conditions on the water were better for travel. Pua isn't about to let them off that easy and Lee's antics sure don't help matters. Brother against brother and Mahia narrowly escaping Pua's attempts to sacrifice her to the sharks to appease their gods thanks to Chris, there's plenty of drama unfolding in Corman's little movie. Not one to let a setting(or set)go to waste, Corman had the uncanny ability to whip a story up around any location. Attractive cast and lush environs, Corman utilizes beauty well, taking advantage of what is provided him. Some striking underwater photography as Mahia is shown saving the two hunks from certain death, herself also rescued more than once by Chris. Sharks are established as quite the threat even though they are not the great whites we normally think about in a terror situation.

Hitchcoc This is not a science fiction movie as the collection states. It begins with a theft of some guns. It looks promising. Who are these people the men are stealing from? How will they retaliate. They do their deed and off they go. The next thing, they are washed ashore on an island full of Polynesian women (well, most of them are). They are welcomed in and given some pretty cool swim suits. The hang around but realize that when "the boat" comes, one of them is going to have to face the music for his checkered past. The good brother falls in love with a young woman when he realizes she is going to be sacrificed to the shark god. He rescues her and then kidnaps the old lady who runs a pearl diving business on the island. She obviously does business with non-islanders but also continues to do these ritual sacrifices. Apparently, the population of the island is getting smaller. The young women seem to go willingly. The movie ends about as suspected. It's just an endless, talky, somewhat pointless piece of seaweed. Now where can I get one of those swimsuits?