AdventureActionScience Fiction

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

- Terror Lurks in the Depths...

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.

Release Date : 1997-03-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hallmark EntertainmentRHI Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Professor Aronnax

Original Name : Richard Crenna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Nemo

Original Name : Ben Cross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sophie

Original Name : Julie Cox

Gender : Female

Character Name : Admiral Sellings

Original Name : Michael Jayston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Farragut

Original Name : Jeff Harding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scotia Capt.

Original Name : David Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father

Original Name : James Vaughan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother

Original Name : Susannah Fellows

Gender : Female

Character Name : Child

Original Name : Joshua Brody

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ned Land

Original Name : Phillip Van Dyke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ned

Original Name : Paul Gross

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-28

After what seems like an age of prologue material, "Prof. Aronnax" (Richard Crenna) and his daughter "Sophie" (Julie Cox) finally set sail on the USS "Abraham Lincoln" under the command of "Capt. Farragut" (Jeff Harding) in search of a sea monster that has been marauding the South Seas terrorising the shipping. Luckily they have harpoon man "Ned Land" (Paul Gross) on board, so catching and killing this beast ought to be a synch. Well, the animal duly arrives and next thing, the threesome find themselves guests of the enigmatic "Capt. Nemo" (Ben Cross) who has a serious axe to grind with those on the surface. This smacks of a pilot episode to a television series. It takes far too long with character establishment then relies almost entirely on the underwater visual effects to tell a story that is really bereft of decent acting and writing skills. Jules Verne wrote a great story that offers loads to a film-maker, but Michael Anderson seems content to leave us with this lacklustre sequence of pretty predictable, lame even, adventures and there is even room for a little love triangle between the captain, the harpoonist and the daughter (who reminded me of Sheena Easton) who is fed up having to compromise as a woman in a man's world. Nothing at all memorable here, Cross is shockingly wooden and if this is the story for you, then the 1954 Disney version and the 1916 silent ones are far, far better.