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A professor (Manuel Fábegras) gathers a trio of scientists (Alma Delia
Fuentes, Elsa Cárdenas, Genaro Moreno) to do a bit of flying all around
the Atlantic Ocean to find an island that's left of Atlantis, the sunken
continent. They soon crashland on an uncharted island, too, and
preliminary investigation shows this very well could be an Atlantis
leftover. Then one of the female scientists, Laura (Alma Delia Fuentes)
goes swimming in the nearby river, is attacked by some prehistoric
monster, but is saved by a caveman called Molo (Armando Silvestre). Molo
was just expelled by his tribe, so he is in serious need of companionship
- which is why he takes Laura to his cave and makes her his mate. Laura of
course is unwilling at first, but soon takes to Molo. She soon teaches him
how to make weapons like spears and such. Carrying superior weapons,
Molo figures it's time to return to his tribe, where he challenges the
chieftain to a duel and defeats him but good. When he introduces Laura to
the others though, that doesn't go too well at first, but Laura has her
own way to win over hearts, and soon she brings peace and prosperity to
the tribe - if only it wasn't for the constant dinosaur and gorilla
attacks ... Laura's colleagues increasingly worry about her and pretty
much comb the island for her - without success. Then the local volcano
breaks out and Molo and Laura have to give up their cave ... and somehow
they happen to run across the others, who are just preparing to leave the
island on their repaired airplane. Laura tries to persuade Molo to come
with them, but he won't. The professor tells Laura that the volcano will
break out no longer and there will be no more earthquake, so there's no
immediate danger for his life. The airplane leaves, but Laura stays behind
with Molo, whom she has fallen in love with ... A silly little
flick built around dinosaur scenes from One
Million BC - and actually, these then 27 year old effects scenes
are integrated into the film rather well (apart from a gorilla attack
that's probably from another movie where the gorilla costume of the old
film and the newly shot scenes just do not match). Now sure, the dinosaur
effects in One Million BC
were less than great to begin with, but isn't it part of the (unintended)
fun of watching cheap dinosaur movies to chuckle at the effects? Seriously
though, this film might not make much sense, but it moves along swiftly,
features enough dinosaur scenes at all the right moments to keep one
entertained, and is simplistic enough to work despite its improbabilities.
Of course it's no masterpiece, but what do you expect from a picture about
scientists looking for Atlantis but finding stock footage from One
Million BC? It's loads of fun though.
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