dbborroughs Review of Atlantis Interceptors

Atlantis Interceptors (1983)

Good action gets lost in a nonsensical plot involving biker Atlanteans

[3/10 · 4 August 2008]

If you want to see what exploitation films ended up as before home video killed the grindhouses this is for you. Strange Italian lensed scifi adventure that makes almost no sense as the decoding of a tablet found near a sunken Russian submarine, and which the Americans are trying to raise, causes Atlantis to rise up killing everyone on a nearby island. The survivors of the American salvage effort team up with a couple of mercenaries to battle the descendants of Atlantis who have returned riding motorcycles and wearing fashion out of the Mad Max films. Their leader wears a clear plastic skull over his face. Of course it gets weirder but not very clearer. The action is good in a totally mindless nonsensical sort of way, but after awhile it kind of stops being interesting. The characters are a mixed bag with the two mercenaries, the heroes, coming off best thanks to the witty repartee that they have. It's a totally mindless and stupid movie that in the right frame of mind, or in small bits, wouldn't be bad, but sitting watching it from start to finish is a real chore. For bad action film lovers or those seeking to make fun of a movie only.