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Memorable, crazy movie

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

There are a lot of movies that people think are the worst movies everbut I don't think they are. The Godfather movie which people think the best movies ever. Those I hate. But this movie with is thought to be one the worst came dame near close to being as bad as The Godfather movies. This real is one of the worst monster movies ever. It is badly acted. It is also badly written. It as an awful ending. It as awful special effects. It is nothing not a crappy knock off of The Creature from the black lagoon movies. I like 28 out of the 30 Godzilla movies. So I consider myself a Godzilla fan. And I have this fan theory that this is a Godzilla spin off. My theory is that the monster is Godzilla's third that swam into the Golf of Mexico.

This is pre-Airplane humor. Anyone who thinks this is a "monster movie" will be sadly disappointed. My first clue? The very first scene has a guy getting his shoes shined. And what is he wearing? White canvas sneakers. There are lots of quirky dialog that doesn't even need MST3000K to make jokes about. "Did you get that?" "Right. Where do I turn for the decoder pin?" "Left." "Left?" "Right." "Right". And the classic, "It was dusk. I could tell because the sun was going down."Nothing in this movie was intended to be "horror". But if you listen closely and watch, you'll find plenty to laugh about. Kind of clever, actually.

A man gets his tennis shoes polished and the shoeshine boy sticks a note in his customer's sock . A shot rings out and the shoeshine boy drops dead . The customer runs down the street hotly pursued by a couple of Rabbis . Well that's what the scene looked like to me and questioned where this film might be heading " But Theo why would someone be getting tennis shoes polished and why do Rabbis go around shooting people ? " Look sit down and shut up . We're not holding a question and answer session here . No doubt Roger Corman thought he could get away with making a low to no budget comedy horror movie but even the great Robert Towne can't do anything with the script probably because the contribution he made to it is to play the hero character Sparks Moran and read out the lines and read them out very badly . Towne appearing in his Corman production pseudonym Ed Wain is even worse here than in LAST WOMAN ON EARTH but he's not helped by Charles B Griffith screenplay which even involves a scene in the pre-credits for Towne/Wain to don a cunning disguise by putting on sunglasses and a false moustache ! Perhaps Corman should have got Towne to write the screenplay and cast Griffith as the hero ? As it transpires Moran is a secret agent and he's in league with Cuban patriots kicked out by Castro who still wear their army uniforms and carry their weapons around . Moran crosses them and has to dodge all sorts of mean nasty men who are out to get him and a consignment of Cuban gold . Neither the sound mix and the Cuban accents are tolerable so it is almost something of a relief when subtitles appear because at least then you know what the characters are saying . I say " almost " because this film is incredibly intolerable . Despite my one line summary of it feeling like a parody of a thriller by Benny Hill there's nothing genuinely enjoyable about it even for people who enjoy bad movies and is quite possibly the worst film Corman made

For once the esteemed Roger Corman goes intentionally for laughs. That's surprising since many of his monster movies get laughs anyway, e.g. the unforgettable Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957). Yes indeed, there are some chuckles here, intentional or not. I love that monster from Toys R' Us— too bad they couldn't find a big enough hairy suit. Then there's the kid who speaks in wild animal lingo, a real comedic inspiration. And when his lady love calls back in wild animal lingo, it's like a trip to the zoo without the critters. And get a load of secret agent XK150 (Towne). He not only precedes James Bond but has a more impressive moniker than plain old 007. Plus he's got a secret radio made of edible cast-offs from a wiener deli !Okay, the movie's really a mess. It's like they made it up as they went along, hoping for something or other, but not really caring. The production sure didn't cost much. After all, how pricey is it to stick a camera on the back of a little boat. And what's with those uniformed refugees from the Batista regime. Maybe that was a topical stab at a "serious" side. For sure, making them look silly was before their enemy Castro became our official enemy too.Regrettably, the movie's not serious enough to qualify as camp. But, for old film fans, it is just goofy enough to merit a look-see, as long as expectations don't rise above Wiley Coyote level.