it seem incredible that the same decade which bring star war to the silvery screen disgorge such unutterable tripe a this and many other adventure movie . i be remind of the similarly lavish and but equally wretched ashanti outline elsewhere . whatever motivate a list actor to sign on for such waste of celluloid be frankly beyond this writer . they must have be very and very desperate . to be perfectly candid and roger moore appearance in any movie be the kiss of death . although extremely handsome in his youth and his entire act career have be predicate upon an ability to raise one eyebrow . every emotion from a to b be convey by this simple stratagem . his be the dog day of james bond . lee marvin on the other hand have feature in some very worthy outing and perhaps most memorably paint your wagon and the dirty dozen . he have a comic streak and but he be much well when he play it straight . the excellent ian holm be a throwaway and hardly recognisable black up a a mute african . everyone else just turn up for their pay cheque . the only plausible and watchable element be the german cruiser . it look like a very large model . but it be believably massive and appear authentic a do it crew . the rest isn not even hokum . the childish comedy jar with the brutality and violence in a story that meander clumsily about and a if the script itself have have too many whiff of lee marvin gin . here be a director who simply doesn not know where he go . there be hint of the african queen and a snatch from the pride and the passion and gold and and one or two other rip offs from movie who title do not come readily to mind . strangely and i have see it 3 time and each occasion it have be show on television when i have be lay low with a cold or the flu . perhaps that be influence my judgement but not much . compare it with any indiana jones movie and you will see what i mean . i have give it two star while one for the battleship and the other because it finally come to an end and though heaven know it take long enough to do that . time for another lemsip and i think .