Review – Fantastic Voyage

I loved this movie when I was a kid. Like many other youngsters, I was fascinated by the notion that people could be miniaturized. And of course this production takes the miniaturization concept to its logical extreme, shrinking a team of scientists down so small that they can use an equally small submarine to navigate through a man’s bloodstream and perform laser brain surgery on him from the inside. The production has all the trappings of 60s-era science fiction, from the ultra-clean, plastic fantastic vision of future decor right down to Raquel Welch in a tight-fitting white wet suit. And though the special effects look a little clunky by today’s standards, at the time the visualizations of the insides of a human body blown up to sound stage proportions were radical stuff. Mildly amusing