SnoopyStyle It's 1936. After his father's death in South America, Doc Savage returns from the Arctic Circle to New York City. He and his friends, The Fabulous Five, are attacked by a native warrior who slips off a skyscraper. They set off to solve his father's death. The quest leads to the criminal Captain Seas and a long lost Mayan tribe.Doc Savage is a pulp magazine adventurer starting from the 30s. He continues into the modern age and this tries to give this character his 30s adventure. The production is not good enough to dress up the outside street scenes to fit the times. There are too many modern locations. It's all rather sad and cheap. It is better off staying away from anything close to modern. It is unwieldy and clunky old style. The lead Ron Ely is a stiff old Hollywood B hero with his bright teethy smile. The special effects consist of glowing cartoon snakes that attack. They're not anything good. This is not campy and fun like Flash Gordon. It certainly doesn't have a good soundtrack. Its backbone is stiff and none of it is fun. It's not even so bad that it's funny. It's just old and stiff and tiresome.

Stretchington72 Well if you were a 7 year old boy in 1982 this was just about the best thing ever we used to have doc savage parties every time it came on TV and prayed there would be a sequel . You see 7 year old don't see the cracks and the campiness having said that from a 7 year old I give it 10/10 ,sadly I did something I should have never done I went back as an adult and it was disappointing to say the least they say you never should and leave things in the past so ass an adult I give it 5/10 and that's only through pure nostalgiaI would however urge people to check out the 150 or so books written in the 30's through till the 50's they are a hoot and actually predict some things that came true latter on

jk90 I saw this movie when I was 15 and fell in love with it. Sure, it was campy but so much fun. I was so enthralled by the concept and the characters that I went out and read every one of the novels by Lester Dent (Kenneth Roberson). I am also still upset that they never made a sequel.Now it's time for a new Doc Savage film! But, anyone who makes it needs to consider the following: 1. The 70s film -- while I enjoyed it very much -- was a spoof like the 60s Batman TV show. A new film should ignore it totally and start from scratch. It needs to be fun and excited -- NOT a cartoon like the original.2. Keep it in the same 30's time period of the books like they did with the recent King Kong film. A modern version would be a disgrace.3. MOST IMPORTANT: Do not -- I repeat, do NOT hire a muscle bound, pump freak like the Rock, as some people have suggested, to play Doc. A few years ago Arnold Schwarzenegger was up or the part of Doc Savage and thank God they dropped the project! His participation would have been a joke and an insult to the character -- and us. Remember that the Doc character was NEVER a pumped up balloon like Ah-nold and the Rock. Like Batman (in the comics, not the films), he was in excellent shape, but NOT pumped up. Doc was also a genius, and in no way, shape, or form, would ANYONE accept Arnold, the Rock or any other WWF reject or athletic pseudo-celeb as a genius. Take a look at Ron Ely in the 70's film. He was perfect for the role at that time and an actor today needs to have the same physical look he had -- AND look intelligent.Otherwise don't waste your time -- or ours.JK

Macholic Outragously entertaining period piece set in the 30s, it is a spin on the classic cliffhanger series, as much as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", only done on a low budget and much campier by director Michael Anderson. The opening scenes laces liberal amount of gothic art nuveau, predating Batman by two decades. Starring Ron Ely (Tarzan) as a perfectly cast hero and the gorgeous Pamela Hensley as the local latina Mona tagging on to our hero on a goldhunt in the non-existent latin american country of Hidalgo. Best line, our hero to Mona, holding a fist to her chin just as you expect him to be tender with her and give her a hug: "Mona, you're a brick!"Paul Wexler's ham-and-cheese blackhat, Captain Seas is a an absolute delight. Expect a little "Raiders..", a dash of "Batman", a little "The Lost World", a little "Lost Horizons" and a whole lot of campiness and you'll get it just right. Watch out for cult favorite Michael Berryman in a small part as undertaker and enjoy the campy use of John Philip Sousa's patriotic music. A prime candidate for DVD release, it is certainly overdue. An unmissable treat for the whole family. 9/10