Very disappointed :(

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Absolutely amazing

In truth, any opportunity to see the film on the big screen is welcome.

The Raiders of Atlantis is really something special, i have watched a lot of strange, bizzare and trashy movies, especially from the 80s but this one beats em all. It has the most bizzare story that Atlanteans are Biker Punk Gang and they want to wipe out whole humanity, this story can only be written in the 80s. the whole movie is like you take some hallucinogenic drug and had a trip. A lot of action, explosions, gore, killings and with great synthisizer driven music in the background. The soundtrack is one of the best from the b-movies, total proto-synthwave stuff. Charachters are enjoyable Christopher Connelly and Tony King does the great job as main protagonist, also supporting cast has done solid job. I would say that the movie looks like a strange mixture of Assault On Prectinct 13, Big Trouble In Little China (note that Big Trouble is filmed three year later maybe Carpenter got some ideas watching this one) and Mad Max with some Italian twist and humour. This is must watch for all fans of cheesy and bizzare 80's stuff, definetely one of the best.

THE ATLANTIS INTERCEPTORS is a somewhat quick and slapdash addition to the Italian mini-wave of post-apocalypse movies that came out in the wake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and the first two MAD MAX movies. This one is directed by Ruggero Deodato and it's fair to say that it's not one of his best films, lacking the raw power of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST for example. However, it does still manage to be one of his more entertaining efforts despite the shortcomings.The first thing to mention here is that THE ATLANTIS INTERCEPTORS makes little sense in terms of plot. Atlantis rises to the surface after a nuclear accident and is protected by a giant plastic bubble. The inhabitants are the usual weirdly-dressed goons from the MAD MAX films, presided over by cult ninja star Bruce Baron playing a guy called 'Crystal Skull'. His appearance has to be seen to be believed.Against them are a motley group of heroes played by the usual Italian stars like Ivan Rassimov and Christopher Connelly. Even Antonio Margheriti Tony King is here as the token black guy with a talent for kicking ass. What follows is an endless stream of action scenes as the plot barely strings together one set-piece following another. There's a siege on a house, a foot chase, a chase in a bus that directly references MAD MAX 2, and even some helicopter action. The ending goes into overt sci-fi territory and is the worst part of the movie, making little sense.The sheer wealth of action in this film is what keeps it moving. There's the occasional gore effect of a decapitation or slashing but mainly this is about firepower, explosions, and stunt men earning their money. The early scenes in which the characters explore their newly-destroyed world are quite eerie and atmospheric, but these are soon dispensed with in favour of endless cheesy action. What harm is there in that? None in my book. THE ATLANTIS INTERCEPTORS is shallow but never less than fun.

RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS is ninety minutes of straight gunfire and five minutes of expository dialogue with a sprinkling of bad jokes for flavor. Yes I'm embellishing but not by much. This is not a movie that's concerned with little things like "plot" or "making sense". It's an 80's action extravaganza! The movie poster looks like the packaging for an old Nintendo game, and it's blatantly trying to ape the success of the Mad Max movie franchise minus the talent. There's some fun to be found in RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS but I think it's in spite of itself. In the film, a United States military operation is attempting to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine from the ocean floor. When an ancient tablet is discovered near the site, a specialist is brought in to decipher it; enter Dr. Cathy Rollins (Gioia Scola), with a Ph.D. in pre-Columbian dialects. Almost immediately, there's chaos as a landmass in an enormous transparent dome rises from the ocean, emitting a tsunami wave that obliterates the military's ocean platform. Despite the destructive power of the wave, a small team of survivors, including Dr. Rollins, are found adrift aboard a piece of wreckage by our film's true heroes: Mike Ross (Christopher Connelly) and Mohammed (Tony King). Mike and Mohammed…sorry, "Washington"…are Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who, along with our survivors, are drawn into a battle against the remnants of the lost continent of Atlantis whose descendants have risen from the waves to reclaim the Earth as their own.Before Atlantis has even finished rising, before the glass dome over it has finished receding, the Atlantean hooligans have already arrived on our shores and announce their arrival by firing a blow dart into some poor woman's neck while her husband watches helplessly. These Atlanteans are nothing like what you'd expect. Unless you were expecting Mad Max rip-offs, then it's exactly what you expect. Classic cars and motorcycles dressed up in fake chrome and spikes. The Atlanteans are dressed in a lot of biker gear with straps and, of course, spikes, and they're all dolled up in face paint and zany hairdos. Their leader is a man in a Crystal Skull (Bruce Baron) and he wants Earth for the Atlanteans. He will lead his army of machete and knife-wielding maniacs in a violent coup against the human race. A short, violent coup. That will undoubtedly end in failure because all of his invaders are using bladed melee weapons and the people of Earth have fully functioning militaries with loads of guns. I guess the Atlanteans really underestimated us in their invasion plans. I mean, they do have guns…we see them in use when our heroes invade Atlantis in the final act. But the raiders only brought melee weapons. We never get to see how easily our Earth militaries would make short work of the Atlanteans because they never get past a handful of survivors with automatic rifles and Molotov cocktails. It's a never-ending symphony of gunfire as Atlanteans are mowed down.I'll give RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS credit: they give us a nice body count. In addition to the endless waves of Atlanteans gunned down, the filmmakers keep refreshing our team of survivors so we have a supply of fresh meat on the good side too. Most of the movie happens on an island the survivors stumble across where the Atlanteans have made landfall and murdered the coastal villagers. In this village, we find some extra tagalongs who can either fire guns while lamely wisecracking or die in spectacular ways. We get some cool violent ends in the form of decapitation, incineration, and one particularly cool arrow through the mouth/throat. But for every cool death scene we're treated to, there's an abundance of mindless gun battles that start to drag the pace down to a crawl. We hide in a building, shoot a bunch of Atlanteans, move to another building, shoot a bunch of Atlanteans, escape on a bus while shooting a bunch of Atlanteans. Snore. And that's the big weakness with RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS. Otherwise it's a fun, super cheesy Mad Max rip-off with some great unintentional laughs. The honest attempts at humor hit the ground with a thud (there's a total failure of a running gag for a few minutes where people keep calling Mohammed "Washington" and he corrects them…until he doesn't and then he's just known as Washington for the rest of the movie) and serious moments are laughable (Mohammed/Washington's useful "Can't move! We're immobilized!" when they reach the Atlantean control room).RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS is better than your average Z-grade fare with a lot of fun to be had in the juvenile writing and focus on near constant violence. The story itself is incredibly stupid and therein lies some of the charm. It would've been nice if they had traded a few minutes of guns firing for a little extra plot development, but I guess it just means you don't need to pay as much attention to follow along. It's another good one to watch with some friends over beers.

A group of scientists, led by the nerdy Saunders (Hilton) and the attractive Dr. Rollins (Scola), go on a seafaring expedition and come across an old sunken relic they believe to be an artifact from Atlantis. While they're trying to figure out the significance of this skull-faced totem, a freak storm strands them on a Caribbean island. They then realize they're in a whole heap of trouble, because the island is dominated by murderous punks who are descendents of the original Atlanteans. Naturally they want to take over the world, and are led by a guy who not just worships a crystal skull, but actually wears the skull on his head! Such is his devotion to crystal skulls, his name is Crystal Skull (Baron). Just when the scientists start to despair, a pair of tough Vietnam vets, Mike Ross (Connelly) and Washington (King) come to their rescue and put their knowledge of weaponry and survival to good use. Will they defeat the punks? Or will the baddies from Atlantis rise again? Find out today!After getting off to a pretty slow start, The Raiders of Atlantis eventually kicks into gear and is a rollicking good time. Director Ruggero Deodato should be more well known for his action output, as action has infused much of his work in his long career, everything from Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man (1976), to Cut and Run (1985) to The Barbarians (1987) - but his reputation is such that his name is synonymous with Italian horror. Nevertheless, Deodato delivers the goods with this, a sort of cross between the Indiana Jones movies (and he predated the crystal skull sequel by many years!), the A-Team and The Road Warrior (1981), among other "influences". By far the best part of this movie are the punks. The movie truly starts when they arrive on the scene. They have awesome outfits and vehicles. Just like how people in Cuba today are driving around in 50's Fords and Chevys, here too the Atlanteans have the classic cars, but in their case, drills and spikes are attached to them.Deodato assembled a top-notch cast for this, an "A-Team", if you will. Heh heh. Christopher Connelly is great as the leader with the raspy voice. The man can truly turn a phrase like no one else. He can call you a "Dirtball" with style and aplomb. Tony King is completely winning as his sidekick - it's largely because you get behind him that you want our heroes to succeed. Baron is suitably menacing as the guy who wears the crystal skull, George Hilton plays against type as the dorky scientist with the stylish shorts, and Ivan Rassimov, Michele Soavi, and Philippine-shot movie regular Mike Monty appear as well. So you can't ask for more in that department. The movie also scores points because the music is done by the DeAngelis brothers (using their usual pseudonym Oliver Onions), and the movie is set in the future, "1994", which is now the past, which we always love to see. Add some shooting, blow-ups, exploding helicopters, "pew-pew" lasers, and a high body count (including what we call a "fan favorite death"), and you have a complete night of entertainment in front of your VCR.Released on VHS by Prism in the U.S. back in the video store days, and now available as part of the "Grindhouse Experience vol.2" DVD set (which is out of print but still cheaply found on Amazon and elsewhere as of this writing), The Raiders of Atlantis provides a solid dose of Italian-made, Philippines-shot 80's action goodness.