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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

These comments might be considered as a spoiler for those of you who might not know the behind the scenes information on this film so you may want to beware and not read any further.Recycled actors, costumes, sets, miniatures and stock footage from Irwin Allen's TV show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea make up some of "City Beneath the Sea." Case in point, stock footage of the Flying Sub was used extensively as well as repainted interiors of the subs interior were used. The title was used in a first year voyage episode(2nd episode).You have to admire Irwin Allen though because he never threw anything away he just found ways to reuse things in order to save money.He did have some heavy weights appear in the film such as Robert Wagner and Richard Basehart (Voyage's Admiral Nelson) Joesph Cotton as well as past cast members of his show "Time Tunnel".This is a must see for Irwin Allen fans and I must say that I am one. Allen was one of the greatest producers of all time.It is my understanding that it was also a pilot for a possible weekly series that did not sell.If you can over look all the recycling and cut corners you may enjoy this film which takes place around the year 2050. I did not particularly like the film but I must say that it was entertaining in some ways.Jamey

City Beneath the Sea is set in the brave new futuristic world of the 21st Century (it was made in the 20th...) where a city underneath the sea has been built, it is known as Pacifica. Admiral Michael Matthews (Stuart Whitman) has been recalled to take charge of Pacifica after a 6 month hiatus away because everyone blamed him for the death of a much loved & respected scientist Bill Holmes (even though listed in the credits as played by Larry Pennell the character of Bill Holmes is dead from the start & never seen on screen in present time, he is only seen briefly on a video monitor), however the president wants Matthews there as the entire gold content of fort knox is going to stored in Pacifica as well as the entire world supply of H1-28 which is the most powerful power source ever created unfortunately it's also highly explosive. To add to Matthews worries it turns out that a meteorite or Planetoid is headed for a collision with Earth & will hit at Pacifica's location in seven hours...This made-for-TV remake of the made-for-TV City Beneath the Sea (1969) was produced & directed by infamous 60's sci-fi filmmaker Irwin Allen & is a silly piece of sci-fi nonsense that is an OK time waster. The script by John Meredyth Lucas moves along at a fair pace & is passable light hearted Saturday afternoon entertainment if your in the right frame of mind, it's a pleasant enough way to spend 90 odd minutes but you'll have completely forgotten about it by the time the day finishes. The character's are pretty clichéd, the heroic hero dude, the bad guy & a blonde woman are all one dimensional stereotypes. The whole double cross & plan to steal the gold & H1-28 is poorly handled without any suspense or tension, the bad guys are revealed straight away so there's no mystery element & a potentially decent twist ending is wasted & they barely do anything anyway. Then there's the meteorite thing, was Matthews the only person on the entire planet who thought about firing nuclear weapons into it to change it's course? Surely the president & his scientific advisor's would have come up with the same conclusion or is it just that Matthews is the cleverest person on Earth? Some of the logic just isn't very good & rather clunky, just about worth a watch if you don't expect too much.This is definitely an Irwin Allen film with loads of bright garish sets & hideously dated looking computer banks the size of a small shed complete with random flashing lights & computer screens that feature plenty of bad super imposition. The city of Pacifica is obviously a scale model & a not very good one, the main computer control room set was apparently re-dressed & used in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). What was it with Allen & all those flashing random lights anyway? They were a trademark of the films he made & I don't see their attraction to be honest. I recognised the yellow model ship thing from Allen's TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964 - 1968). Also, why are the fish & marine life so big? Huge fish that swim past the windows & the like? Odd.Technically the film is alright, some of the sets & 'futuristic' equipment are horribly dated these days & wouldn't even convince a 5 year old. Still that's where part of it's charm & fun comes from I suppose. The acting isn't the best even though there's some good character actor's here, Richard Basehart teams up with Allen again to play the president, Sugar Ray Robinson makes an appearance somewhere along with Whit Bissell, Joseph Cotten & Burr DeBenning all of whom are sadly no longer with us.City Beneath the Sea is an OK sci-fi adventure flick that is relatively undemanding fun in a cheesy & dated sort of way, good enough but not great. Not to be confused with the short lived British TV series City Beneath the Sea (1962) or the underwater adventure film City Beneath the Sea (1953) about two divers looking for sunken gold.

Despite reading a couple of poor reviews about City Beneath the Sea, I quite enjoyed this. It was a pilot for a TV series that was never made.It is about Pacifica and the lives of its residents. It has its own Fort Knox where gold is kept but there are plans to steal this. Worse still, there is an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth and is due to strike near Pacifica, so an evacuation is ordered immediately. Luckliy, a way is devised to destroy this body, some missiles are sent up and it changes course and both Pacifica and the Earth are saved.City Beneath the Sea is directed by Irwin Allen (Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Towering Inferno). As well as one of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's stars, Richard Basehart, the Flying Sub from that series also appears in this.Other cast members include Stuart Whitman, Robert Wagner (Titanic), Joesph Cotten (The Third Man), Rosemary Forsyth, Whit Bissell (I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Creature From the Black Lagoon), Robert Colbert, James Darren and boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.Though not brilliant, City Beneath the Sea is worth viewing, especially if you are a fan of Irwin Allen like myself.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

This was one of the few flops that Irwin Allen had during his days in television. This film was supposed to be the latest of Allen's science fiction series. Unfortunately, it didn't work. However, it was a good premise. People moving to a city under the Pacific Ocean to not only do research, but to create a whole new society. It also was a nice little caper film due to the sub plot of the gold heist in the backdrop of the main story of the title city's impending doom from the onrushing planetoid. This truly was a lost gem of television. Too bad it never made it as a series.Also, isn't it ironic that Richard Basehart is playing the president in this film? Of course, he played Admiral Nelson on Allen's biggest hit series, the similarly themed "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea".