this be a big budget film than usual for genre director honda ( with more evidently elaborate set ) though the special effect still have that distinctive cheesiness to them ( witness the giant bat and rodent on display ) . it also utilize a surprising number of american actor represent joseph cotten play the visionary scientist look ill at ease and frail ( but and then and his character be suppose to be 204 year old . ) and an innocuous richard jaeckel be the photographer hero while and a chief villain and we get cesar romero and patricia medina ( both essentially campy ) . a i have often say and i grow up watch english language film dub in italian but hear hollywood actor in japanese be another thing entirely . latitude zero feel like a juvenile version of a typical jules verne adventure and and be fairly entertain on that level while indeed and it preferable to honda low brow variation on the monster on the rampage formula because of the inherent quaint charm of the set up in this case . the plot involve the kidnapping of a famous scientist by romero he be intend to establish himself in the underwater and technologically advanced city devise by cotten ( to which the world foremost mind be be recruit ) . be treat to plenty of silly battle between the rival sub and but the most amusing scene be certainly the raid on romero cave in fact and cotten do somersault and fend off men in rubber suit ( via flame and laser emit from his glove . ) must surely count a the nadir of his act career while the other elder in the cast and romero and be more in his element after all and he have be the joker in the batman tv series and movie of the 1960s . cotten have a scantily clad blonde physician on his team and and be assist by a hulking asian while romero and on the other hand and be flank by an oriental femme fatale who and however and end up get a raw deal for her effort ( the girl brain be eventually transplant into a hybrid of lion and condor which be among the phony look creature you ever saw . ) . apparently and a 2 disc set of this one from medium blaster street on this very day .