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Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Dull outing about a group of scientists and a financier embarking on a journey to find a refuge to escape what they have determined to be near certain nuclear holocaust by drilling into the earth. Reminiscent of "At The Earth's Core", this has none of the charm of that movie. Instead it focuses on a lot of pseudo scientific mumbo jumbo. The group goes down in a special vehicle called a Cyclotram but it doesn't do much. Much of the movie appears to be shot in a cave. There is the requisite conflict between the financier and one of the scientist. Nothing happens in this. Bad waste of time.

I certainly must say that 1951's, Sci-Fi, Adventure tale, "Unknown World" sure turned out, for me, to be a humongous let-down on all counts.Had there been a really interesting rapport going on between the characters in the story, then, yes, I could've easily forgiven all of the shoddy special effects and the absolute sluggish pace of this "Journey-To-The-Centre-Of-The-Earth" yarn.But, alas, character interaction, like everything else in Unknown World, was unendurably lacklustre and painfully predictable.Yes. It was interesting to note that even back in the early 1950s there was considerable concern (amongst some citizens of the USA) regarding the dangerously fatal downside to the dawning of the Atomic Age for us humans.But, in the long run, this did nothing to alleviate the total humdrum that prevailed throughout Unknown World's story, from its somewhat promising opening to its downright cornball finish.Even from a purely nostalgic point of view, there was nothing about Unknown World that made it stand out in any way at all. It was just boring and forgettable. And that was, pretty much, it!

Interestingly, I got this movie as part of a 10 movie collection called 'The Best Of The Worst'. This movie pack included gems such as "Eegah!","Manos", and "Mesa Of Lost Women". And I have to say..."Unknown World" really doesn't belong in such august company.In spite of the typical genre copy you'll see for this movie on promotional posters back in the day...UK seems to be fundamentally serious and well meaning in its attempt to convey a message about mankind taking responsibility for its future. And when you compare it to something like "The Incredible Petrified World" (which has a similar plot about explorers in a subterranean world)...UK is obviously in a different and better rank of movies.But its attempt to balance fantastic themes with a sober, realistic message falls flat because it just....drags...and drags...and drags.In fact, it is hard to imagine watching "Unknown World" for any kind of real entertainment value. You may watch this once, for some reason...but I can't imagine anyone wanting to watch it again.

The only reason I'm keeping "Unknown World" is because it's on a DVD with 4 other movies. The acting is from Dullsville; the special effects are terminally tacky even by 1951 standards; and if I want to be preached at, I'll turn on one of those late-night pray-TV shows, thankyouverymuch.On the other hand, the Carlsbad Caverns scenery is nice even in black and white, and the cutaway drawing of the Cyclotram reminds me of some of the illustrations in the handful of early-1950s science fiction magazines I've managed to acquire. So maybe this hunk of cinematic cheese does have a few redeeming qualities after all...But darn few...