i manage to catch this three and a half hour ( plus ) make for tv movie in the wee hour of the morning on lifetime movie network and i do not even fall asleep . it feature a number of australian actor ( that happen when you film the movie in australia ) but there be a few recognizable actor and such a antonio hubba hubba sabato jr. and joanna cassidy . i have always like joanna cassidy while she be a quality actress and she doesn not disappoint in this one . the plot be your typical strand on a deserted island theme and except this island be load with booby trap leave over by the japanese in wwii . that be a nice little plot twist except that one can predict who go to make it off the island and who not . well and at least i could predict it . i also have vision of gilligan island dancing in my head when ( accord to the story ) the rag tag group manage to build very livable hut ( with door and bed no less ) after just 3 week on the island . wow and the professor would have be proud . one have to wonder why they spend those first 3 week build those wonderful live quarter instead of a raft which they could have use to get off the island and but hey and then the movie couldn not have last as long a it do . some of the character be also reminiscent of the gilligan island castaway such a the character of lucille and who start out a a snotty yet beautiful ginger type then turn into a fledgling samurai under the hallucinogenic tutelage of a dead japanese soldier because she just happen to be fluent in japanese ( as well a vietnamese ) and manage to translate the dead soldier diary . talk about luck . plot hole aside and i like this movie . the acting be good and the story wasn not bad ( a little predictable ) and if you ever have the chance to view it i would recommend it .