Review – The Lost Continent (1951)

This may well hold the record for the dullest action movie ever made. The premise (scientists on expedition to retrieve wayward rocket encounter plateau of animated dinosaurs) isn’t any worse than most other sci-fi movies of the era. The cast (Cesar Romero, Hugh Beaumont, Aquanetta putting in a brief appearance for her last time on the big screen) isn’t exactly Oscar material, but it wasn’t the kiss of death either. But the pacing, oh my lord the pacing. It takes our heroes half the movie to make their way up to the plateau, and the climbing sequences are some of the most exceptionally boring things ever put on film. We have to sit and watch as each of the team members slowly clambers up every obstacle. As MST3K’s Crow aptly puts it, “I’ve seen rock climbing movies that don’t have this much rock climbing.” See if desperate