This one pulls out all the tropes, and ends up being far better then it should have. Tiny budget; a surprisingly dull, ineffective; bristling, meet-cute couple who end up falling for each other; irrelevant side-kick "comic relief" (good to see Victor Sen Yung working, though you kind of keep hoping for Birmingham Brown to show up and get him out of there); sadistic Nazi scientist (complete with cigarette holder!), trying to restore his experiment-scarred wife; girls in fright masks and novelty-store teeth; volcano lair... You know - the usual.
What surprised me was the sudden and unexpected depth of some of the characters, and that the leading lady turned out to work more effectively against the baddies than utterly dull leading man - but I suspect that might have much to do with the presence of Irish McCalla, TV's "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle". You just don't see a lot of strong woman characters, in this era OR this genre.
There isn't any really new ground broken, with this one, and it certainly didn't win any awards - and yet, it has a certain comforting familiarity. It's fun, and even more fun to poke fun at with your friends. Keep your expectations low, give it a chance, and see if you don't end up liking it!
What surprised me was the sudden and unexpected depth of some of the characters, and that the leading lady turned out to work more effectively against the baddies than utterly dull leading man - but I suspect that might have much to do with the presence of Irish McCalla, TV's "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle". You just don't see a lot of strong woman characters, in this era OR this genre.
There isn't any really new ground broken, with this one, and it certainly didn't win any awards - and yet, it has a certain comforting familiarity. It's fun, and even more fun to poke fun at with your friends. Keep your expectations low, give it a chance, and see if you don't end up liking it!