There are many ways to view this film which had pilot movie written all over it. Other reviews have hit them, so I won't delve too deeply. However, if you are a fan of Irwin Allen's TV shows or his movies, this is for you.
It's really combination of 60's sci-fi with 70's Disaster Films, which is appropriate given Allen's career path at this point. It very much has a "throw in everything but the kitchen sink" feel. Any of the subplots probably could have served as a serviceable main plot, but cramming them all in makes it laughable, but in an enjoyable way.
You have: The return of a controversial commander and the tensions that brings. A gold heist (by the commander's brother, no less) A dangerously unstable radioactive element. A meteor about to hit them.
When you consider two of those plots were major hit films for Bruce Willis, you can see how the plots kind of piled up. I really wanted Stuart Whitman to have an "Oh what a week I'm having" moment.
Mostly the movie is fun and can't be judged to harshly because it never really attempts to be more than it is.
It's really combination of 60's sci-fi with 70's Disaster Films, which is appropriate given Allen's career path at this point. It very much has a "throw in everything but the kitchen sink" feel. Any of the subplots probably could have served as a serviceable main plot, but cramming them all in makes it laughable, but in an enjoyable way.
You have: The return of a controversial commander and the tensions that brings. A gold heist (by the commander's brother, no less) A dangerously unstable radioactive element. A meteor about to hit them.
When you consider two of those plots were major hit films for Bruce Willis, you can see how the plots kind of piled up. I really wanted Stuart Whitman to have an "Oh what a week I'm having" moment.
Mostly the movie is fun and can't be judged to harshly because it never really attempts to be more than it is.