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

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Leofwine_draca Wow! What's this? A fun-packed kiddie fantasy, that's what. I saw this one at a car boot sale and the lack of text on the box intrigued me - as well as the green man, of course. It's low budget and lacks anything in the way of artificial monsters, as all of the creatures in this film are strictly of the "man wearing rubber suit/makeup" variety. It's still very entertaining, too, if not exactly profound. The market audience is obviously children, so there are no morals, no depth to the story - it just takes the typical, clichéd plot of having the good guys getting captured, escaping, getting captured and escaping again, and fighting loads of different enemies off.The thing which makes this film really cheesy is the quality of the special effects. They're early computer animation, which takes the form of glowing green and red lights. Sometimes these can be effective (the mask-wearing natives with red flashing eyes actually worked!), sometimes atrocious (this has to be the most poorly-animated teleporter I've ever seen). But the target audience is kids, so who cares, right? Kids aren't discriminating! The actors and actresses are pretty bad - just as to be expected. There's a wooden male lead, a wooden female lead, a wooden supporting actor and...John Saxon! Yes, Saxon appears in this rubbish as a megalomaniac warlord who enjoys whipping and shooting his slaves - and he looks like he's having a ball. Kay Lonz is the forceful blonde chosen for the glamour content, while the very wooden (yet oddly charismatic) male lead is none other than Richard Hatch, fresh from his stint in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA! Elsewhere we have a gurning dwarf who is the spit of the Irish guy in DAY OF THE DEAD, and an associated group of mutants/Neanderthals/weirdos making up the rest of the good guys. The band of good guys in these films is always made up of assorted species - which I think it goes back to LORD OF THE RINGS.There's a guy who's completely blue; an annoying Irish dwarf, and a hulking beast-man who wields a papier-mache club. You like cheesy fight scenes? We've got plenty here. Our heroes encounter all manner of danger, from the aforementioned natives with flashing red eyes to giant, indestructible naked muscular men; underwater rubbery monster-men; a drunken tribe of criminals; rotted zombies who jump up from under the ground; plus the terror of a huge cardboard boulder. This has to be the cheapest-looking alien landscape I've ever seen either. Stuck for an alien sky? Simply stick a purple filter over the lens. Want an alien plant? Shove some plastic saucers over the branches of a tree, that'll do it. Events eventually culminate (not before time, either), in a finale which goes for the blow-it-all-up routine, and then an abrupt ending which leaves you thinking "what?!". I'm being harsh. As kiddie flicks go, this one isn't bad, and undemanding fantasy fans should enjoy it. Others, like me, might just get laughs from the whole cheapness and shoddiness of the thing. In any case, it passes the time, and at least has a great title!

delibebek I can accept that the main characters in this movie are lost and that they become prisoners, but whether this is a separate universe is barely pertinent. Same trees, same animals, same language. Just insert a Hyperborian culture and the necessary mystical villain and you have a reason for Richard Hatch to swing a sword.Two big things lacking in the budget - props and a director of photography. The sword the hero swings looks like a scrap of chrome, cut to form. The shots throughout reminded me of a soap opera. Probably, these fight scenes are just like the fight scenes from every big-budget blockbuster, with the difference being, the scenes in this movie are from one angle, motionless, and not edited for any effect. Somewhere between properly-staged cinema and poorly-staged theater, you find movies like this, which in addition to lack of funding for any of the special stuff that movies rely on, has no pacing, no urgency, and mostly, no universe.The action themes were nice, but the silly parts of the score like when bad guys are thrown from a cliff really missed the comedic mark. I mean, really, were those pennywhistles and kazoos?

wes-connors "A scientist has developed a matter transmitter that he is able to demonstrate for two people, when an earthquake occurs, disrupting the test and plunging the trio into a parallel universe. The trio must adjust to the strange new world, where medieval weaponry is mixed with modern technology, all the while trying to find a way to travel back home. The scientist becomes separated from the young couple and they attempt to find him, all the while a warlord is trying to stop them, so he can take the young woman for his own," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.Richard Hatch (as Dan) and Kay Lenz (as Carrie) are both athletic and attractive, in this vapid and vacuous parallel universe adventure. In Terry Marcel's "Prisoners of the Lost Universe", Mr. Hatch and Ms. Lenz get to say naughtier words than they said on episodic television; and, of course, they banter before falling in love. The strange universe looks exactly like our Earth; however, it populated with amusingly costumed and made-up actors. It looks like it should have been a lot more fun. ** Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983) Terry Marcel ~ Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, John Saxon

tomimt There's this silly scientist (Kenneth Hendel), you see, who has managed to create a machine, a Material Transmitter, which can, well, transmit stuff into a parallel universe. And then there's this female reporter (Kay Lentz), see, who's gonna do a report of the man and then there's this ken-do fighting cable guy (Richard Hatc), who because of an accident gets hooked up in this and they all are like sent into a parallel universe. And in the parallel universe there's some green dude (Ray Charleson), a giant (Larry Taylor), an annoying little thief (Peter O'Farrell) and this, like, evil warlord (John Saxon). And guess who's gonna get napped by the warlord and who is gonna do inventions for him. And who's gonna safe the day.Prisoners Of The Lost Universe is my first camp movie love. When I was a kid I must have watched it dozens of times, even tough it is flat out silly film, whit poor settings and obviously small effect budget. That is the reason I am a bit too generous with my score.POTLU isn't nothing more, than a low budget action/sci-fi/fantasy flick, which, if you are into this kind of films, will make a grin on your face just because it is, what it is. And, at least in the first viewing, you can't help but to applaud for the inner logic of the story and the world. A pod gun. Black and white red eyes pygmies, hot stone worshipers and much, much more.In a word, if you are watching this film, you most likely are into low budget camp films, and thus can appreciate this film for what it is.Score: 4 of 10, Camp Score: 7 of 10