Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

One of my all time favorites.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Disaster maestro Irwin Allen is the old hand behind CITY BENEATH THE SEA, a TV movie that happily recycles many of the props, sets and scenarios from Allen's various TV productions. It's a slight tale, starring Stuart Whitman as a man who travels to the bottom of the sea where he must protect an underwater kingdom from robbers and an incoming asteroid.This is pure hokum, of course, but not without charm. The late '60s-era special effects have to be seen to be believed, they're that cheesy, but the film as a whole isn't bad. Allen ropes in many old faces for cameo appearances, including the likes of Whit Bissell and Joseph Cotten, and he can't resist incorporating some 'doomsday' disaster scenarios into the storyline. Add in the requisite fist fights and underwater diving shots and you have an incredibly dated but nonetheless fun little TV movie.

When I first saw this movie, it was making its rounds through the armed forces theaters overseas. To me, it not only showed a nice future, of beautiful people to what it would mean to be adult, but also a connection to recent childhood fantasies.I remember as a child that when a show was canceled or we moved away and could no longer see it, we thirst for any possibility of seeing that missed show again. I would watch other shows with the same actors, hoping to see something of the character again. City Beneath the Sea, however, went a step further in giving the devices from what was missed before, such as with the Flying Sub or the Aquafoil. The Flying Sub, further, was not just something we saw on TV but thanks to the Aurora Model Company, it was something that we had actually "owned".So this movie came along while we were still children and we fell in love with it then and forever.Would it stand up to time if seen for the first time now or seen with the eyes of an adult? No, probably not. Different era, different level of basic knowledge. It is like trying to read Doc Savage; if one approaches it only from the world they know now, it is very tedious.See it with the eyes of a child who might see it as they might see their future.

cheesier than Switzerland and Wisconsin combined - wooden acting that even porn actors would wince at -laughable effects and set models. All the male actors have brillo pad hair and talk like Frank Drebbin. The brassy incidental music is more intrusive than the Original Star Trek. Think Hart to Hart meets low budget James Bond under the sea. Watch it very drunk or with the sound down and invent your own dialogue-- it can only be an improvement. Hard to believe this film was actually made. 10 lines is a lot when such a film could be summed up in one word -avoid. Alternatively you could compare and contrast the plot development, portrayal of women, models, and national pride exhibited in this and, say,Aliens or Avatar.

This is Irwin Allen at his Irwin Allen-est. This whole show while entertaining is a recycling of a failed pilot and a bevy of canceled sci-fi series.The failed pilot starred Glen Corbett and Lloyd Bochner. This was made in 1967. The TV movie came out in 1971.The first thing you notice in the movie is the Flying Sub from "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". The next thing is Robert Colbert from "The Time Tunnel". Looking closely at Pacifica, this city beneath the sea, you will see the Jupiter II from "Lost in Space" as a dome sitting on top of a tower. The submarine "Seaview" is seen prowling the depths of the underwater streets of the city. Later we see Richard Basehart as the President of the US (VTBOS), Whit Bissel (TT) and Jame Darren as a scientist(TT). And the props -- computers, laser guns, radios, video telephones -- all recycled from his series from the '60s. The sound effects are familiar ones. The costumes are too.Some throw away cameos were added -- boxer Sugar Ray Robinson and veteran actor Joseph Cotten (he was in "Citizen Kane" for god's sake). Even Edward G. Robinson's son is added for good measure.The plot is cross between "Armageddon" (an asteroid is headed toward impact on the earth) and "Ocean's 11" (a heist of the vault containing the US's Fort Knox gold reserve and the "highly fissionable H128"). It is fairly pedestrian. The fun in this movie is seeing all of Irwin's old shows being brought back in some form. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants were all canceled by the time this movie came out. Watch this one if you can find it.