chris-w-king Recently after discovering the awesomeness of the bronx warriors trilogy i have been hunting post-apocalypse exploitation movies. After 2019, endgame, & conquest i came across The raiders of Atlantis. This strange little film seems to have a pissy biker gang come to be thugish oiks when Atlantis resurfaces. A neighbourhood quickly becomes their playground of burning buildings and rubble. The main evil dude has some weird see-through plastic mask and as usual all his droogies dress like s&m gimps. Ah the 80's It has some gore, not to wave your hands about, but to make your cheeks hurt from laughing. A biker gets decapitated, then the headless biker drives forward into a wall. There is a few dummmy heads getting punctured in various ways, but for most of it people get shot and just fall over.Its not groundbreaking, the first 20 mins drag a bit, but then its a solid little pacey schlockfest. For post-apocalypse completists and 80's cheap action enthusiasts.

movieman_kev Some scientists team up with a duo of Vietnam vets to fight make-up wearing biker punks from the lost city of Atlantis which reemerges from under the water due to a sunken Russian submarine's radioactive missiles. Just typing that previous sentence makes my brain hurt and I haven't even gotten to the more nonsensical stuff. Ha.OK, the plot is ridiculous and the film itself doesn't make a lick of sense, but this b-movie is amazingly fun and doesn't let up on the action. Think of it as a cross between Assualt on Precint 13, and mad max. If you loved those films, are willing to keep and open mind, and can turn your brain off for the duration of the film, you'll like this one a lot as well.My Grade: A- Side note: This movie can be found on side A of Disc 2 of the Grindhouse Experience 2 four DVD set, alas it's from an old VHS dub and the picture is far from optimal. Hopefully this unsung b-movie classic will be re-released in a remastered form (ok, probably not, but one can hope)

Jon Gillett This film is in a league of it's own: I won't bother to re-state what every other person has already posted regarding the plot. Needless to say it makes no sense what-so-ever in the big scheme of things, but there is plenty of violence and preposterous characters such as the "Crystal Skull" liven things up no end. The best line in the whole film has to be "We can't move; we're immobilised" (by an invisible force field), so how come he can still move his jaw to speak? As I say ultimately in a league of it's own and one of the best examples of how practically any script was considered during the 80's as a potential blockbuster!

The_Void Raiders of Atlantis features one of the most convoluted and ridiculous stories that I've ever seen in a film. Because the story is so silly, it's really difficult to make sense of it, and after about twenty minutes; I found myself just enjoying the violent shootouts and not worrying too much about what is actually going on. My main reason for seeing this film is the fact that it's directed by Cannibal Holocaust director Ruggero Deodato, who has also directed a number of other films that I have enjoyed. Deodato directed this film under the moniker Roger Franklin, probably in order to try and trick the viewing audience into thinking that Raiders of Atlantis was an American film...although I'm sure that not wanting himself associated with this film wasn't too far from his intentions. The plot revolves around the lost city of Atlantis, which resurfaces after a relic is found while a group of people were trying to resurface a Russian nuclear submarine. The resulting tidal wave kills nearly everybody; with the exception of two Vietnam Veterans relaxing after their latest job.The cast list features three names that I'm familiar with, although none of them take big roles. Italian cult film regular Ivan Rassimov makes an appearance, along with Giallo regular George Hilton. Michele Soavi has his first name changed to 'Michael', and gives another one of his cameo performances, as he did in a number of Argento's works around the early eighties. It's clear that this sort of film wasn't what Ruggero Deodato really enjoyed making, as the cult director's direction feels rushed and the way that the story is implemented doesn't fill the viewer with a lot of confidence. After having seen Deodato's real talent in films like Cannibal Holocaust and The House on the Edge of the Park, it's a shame to see it wasted here. Raiders of Atlantis feels a lot like an obvious attempt to cash in on the popularity of the big American Sci-Fi efforts at the time; films like Escape From New York in particular, but with it's tacky special effects and incomprehensible and frankly dull plot line; Escape From New York, this isn't. Overall, if you're a Deodato completist or just really like tacky Sci-Fi, you might enjoy this...otherwise I recommend staying clear.