warlord of atlantis start deep in out space a the credit play over a large ball of flame martian rock a it hurtle towards a prehistoric earth and end up in the sea . the film then switch to the middle of the atlantic ocean during the victorian period . a boat name the texas rise slowly sail along and on board be a rich professor ( donald bisset ) and his son charles aitken ( peter gilmore ) who hope to find the legendary lost underwater city of atlantis use american greg collinson ( doug mcclure ) specially design dive bell . captain daniel ( shane rimmer ) warn the professor about these water and water where boat have be know to just vanish but no one be interested and they carry on regardless . both charles and greg dive deep under the ocean surface and encounter an aquatic dinosaur that try to eat them and they also discover a solid gold ancient relic which the crew above manage to get aboard . unfortunately for them a giant octopus attack the texas rise and the crew and grogan ( hal galili ) and fenn ( john ratzenberger ) and jacko ( derry power ) and the captain be take while the young deckhand sandy ( ashley knight ) be leave behind with the now wound professor . i be not quite sure how but everyone end up in a huge underwater bubble which house the world of atlantis and it various city . they be welcome by a guy in a silver sequin dress name atmir ( micheal gothard ) who take them to the 3rd city of troy and charles be deem clever so be separate from the group and take to meet the supreme council who appear to be lead by atraxon ( daniel massey ) and astril ( cyd charisse ) while the others be condemn to a life of slavery and throw into the dungeon . be a slave for the rest of his life be an idea which greg isn not too keen on so with the help of a rather good look female slave name delphine ( lea brodie ) who luckily for any male viewer wear a skimpy cleavage reveal dress and some of the local wildlife they decide to make a break for it and but will they be able to rescue charles and make it back to the dive bell before they be either eat by some monster or kill by the atlanteans . direct by kevin connor this be the fourth and final lose world film he and star doug mcclure make together and the first be the land that time forget ( 1974 ) and the second be at the earth core ( 1976 ) and after that come the people that time forget ( 1977 ) and warlord of atlantis round of the loose series of film which be probably my favourite overall . the highly entertaining script by brian hayles move along like a rocket and be never neither dull or bore which always help and it also manage to combine the swashbuckling adventure and fantasy and sci fi element that make these type of film so much fun to good effect throughout . it never take itself too seriously with reference to the mary celeste come to mind and the bizarre notion that the atlanteans be in fact martian . there be a few plot hole and slightly underdeveloped idea but hey and nothing perfect right . the character be likable and the treacherous crew sub plot work well and i be a little surprised about the end a doug strangely do not get the girl this time . like the previous connor film the monster aren not exactly the pinnacle of realism and in fact most people would probably describe them a poor but i would rather have the charm and personality of a man in a rubber monster suit than a cold lifeless fake look computer graphic any day of the week . along with the giant octopus and fly prehistoric piranha fish and dinosaur and large eel i especially like the giant millipede or fish creature that rise out of the water a couple of time and great stuff . i be impress with the production design credit to elliot scott and the set in particular and some of the atlantis cityscape be obviously just flat matte painting but they look good overall and from the dungeon to the high city which have a palatial feel to them and a a whole warlord of atlantis be quite a handsome film to watch . forget about some of the less than spectacular special effect on a technical level warlord of atlantis be solid throughout and the acting be ok and i personally think the hot lea brodie a the love interest delphine be easily the most attractive out of the four film and make for the best heroine and the photography be nice enough and it have an all round decent polish about it . i really liked warlord of atlantis and much like connor other monster film this be terrific fun if your in the right mood and can forgive the generally dodgy special effect and a we all know good special effect do not necessarily guarantee a good film so surely the opposite be true as well and right . well it be in this case and great entertainment for all the family and well worth watch .