Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Bezenby I was led to believe that this was a big pile of boring crap, but those folks were wrong. It's a big pile of enjoyable crap! C'mon! Early eighties dimension jumping nonsense. Sign me up! There's earthquakes in LA, and this causes a mad scientist, a TV presenter, and a handyman/kendo guy the TV presenter had a car crash with to fall into an intra-dimensional transporter and be whizzed off to some crazy other world that suspiciously looks like Earth with some cheap stuff added.In this world, however, John Saxon is in charge! He's so macho he's wears a vest with nothing underneath. And he's shoots folks at random! And growls a lot. Plus, Mr Saxon has been involved in some of my favourite films, including Violent Naples, The Rat, The Cynic and The Fist, Tenebrae, Cannibal Apocalypse and Enter the Dragon. He's pretty much infallible like the Pope.So in this film the scientist in order to keep himself alive has introduced dynamite and gunpowder to Saxon and therefore Saxon is all cocky about taking over the world. Pity that Kendo guy and TV presenter have teamed up with a green man, a guy who looks like Anthropophagus Beast, and an gay Irish dwarf thief to take Saxon down! I dunno how anyone thinks this film is boring because our team of heroes are going up against dwarfs with crappy glowing eye effects, fighting men painted gold around rocks that make you explode when you touch them, and cloaked zombie dudes who reminded me of the Blind Dead.I'd say this one is a fair bet for Saxon fans and fans of folk who just like eighties films with eighties effects. I've got no complaints. It's even got a sudden abrupt ending that we all loved back then.

Theo Robertson The production team behind this sword and sorcery movie come with a fair amount of baggage . Director Terry Marcel and producer Harry Robertson had previously made HAWK THE SLAYER a film so bad that it almost attracted a cult following , almost . Certainly HAWK is a memorable film but not in any good way and Marcel and Robertson continue in the same vein here PRISONERS OF THE LOST UNIVERSE is another sword and sorcery film where modern day protagonists from the 20th Century , a TV presenter called Carrie and a truck driver called Dan find themselves transported to an alternative universe that sees different medieval tribes warring against one another with the upper hand being held by a tyrant called Kleel If the above makes you fear you're going to be watching a nonsensical movie then you'd be right . That said it's also a movie that doesn't take itself entirely serious . I was somewhat surprised as to how involving some of the film is and didn't find myself continually wishing for it to finish despite never once thinking it was ever in danger of being a good movie . In some ways it also reminded me of the TV show THE 10TH KINGDOM that might have very well be inspired by this camp movie

Chase_Witherspoon Hokey sci-fi fantasy concerns a dimension transporter inadvertently sending three individuals (Lenz, Hatch and the contraption's inventor, Hendel) into a parallel universe where the evil Kleel (Saxon) is a reigning warlord whose justice is "harsh but just", raping and pillaging throughout the countryside that includes green men, water-beasts, fire rocks and other assorted weirdos.Hatch is an affable leading man, here given sword-fighting ability against the chauvinistic Kleel character, played tongue-in-cheek by Saxon as he wields his will across the land. Kay Lenz is feisty and attractive, while Peter O'Farrell gets most of the scarce intentional laughs as a diminutive thief. The action and special effects are handled primitively, and there's a child-like quality to the film in spite of some sadistic violence and mild gore.Difficult to pitch as a comedy (particularly as most of the jokes fall flat), and not serious enough to be a straight sci-fi fantasy, it's a curious film that makes little sense and offers only light, sporadic entertainment. Saxon delivers some mildly amusing dialogue ("Kleel's law is just.., odd, but just"), but it's not witty enough to attract cult status, and the climax is rushed (looks like a proper ending couldn't be conceived) leaving the overall film, immensely unsatisfying.

udragon2010 If it weren't for the bizarre sound FX, this movie would have gotten a 9 out of 10 stars, but alas, the crazy sounds that come from things and people falling and from the picking of giant red peas will make you laugh extremely hard.It's always fun to see Richard Hatch in movies and roles when he dodges something other than a Cylon, not that I'm knocking Classic or New BSG(Battlestar Galactica.)Hatch delivers a believable performance as the everyman caught up in a fantasy adventure with Kay Lenz. Lenz role in the film, unfortunately, reminds me of what would happen if Richard Hatch when on an adventure with his friends mother.The two play a handyman and a reporter who are trapped in a strange parallel Earth and they must find a Dr. Hartman, no relation to Mary, in order to return to their Earth. This is a fun ride for anyone trying to escape boredom. I recommend this to anyone who needs to watch a good B-movie.