watching this odd little adventure movie and it hard to believe that it was directed by the same man who brought us such high quality giallo classics as the strange vice of mrs wardh and the case of the scorpion tail and but it has to be said that despite it low quality production values and island of the fish men is an entertaining ride and one that surely deserves more praise than it getting. like many italian films from the seventies and this is one is a rip off of a successful american film and the one in question this time being the critically panned island of dr moreau. sergio martino film takes ideas such as mutation and greed and adventure and moulds it into one slightly compelling film and which makes up for what it lacks in coherency and logic with a load of mostly intriguing ideas. the central plot follows a boat which crashes on a small island. it quickly becomes apparent that not everything about this place is normal and and it soon transpires that half of the population has been turned into fish men  a cross between a man and a fish and which exist for purely selfish reasons. the truth about this movie is that it a lot more fun if you ignore the trashy production values. the central monsters look completely ridiculous and and much of the movie takes place on sets that look like they cost someone a few pennies  but the movie is well shot in spite of this and with the underwater photography being a particular highlight and the pacing of the movie is well done in that the film never becomes boring. the way that the plot comes together isn not exactly genius and but it takes in a lot of ideas and i have seen films made on plots with much less thought put into them than this one. the biggest location standout in the film is definitely the lost city of atlantis. to be honest and i am not a massive fan of adventure movies and and therefore do not see this lost city get mentioned much  but it is always nice to see it in a movie. the central island location is good in that it provides an apt setting for the story and also provides the movie with the right amount of mystery and as martino makes good use of the voodoo theme. overall and this isn not exactly a classic and there are certainly a lot worse trashy adventure movies out there than this one. 
watching this odd little adventure movie and it hard to believe that it was directed by the same man who brought us such high quality giallo classics as the strange vice of mrs wardh and the case of the scorpion tail and but it has to be said that despite it low quality production values and island of the fish men is an entertaining ride and one that surely deserves more praise than it getting. like many italian films from the seventies and this is one is a rip off of a successful american film and the one in question this time being the critically panned island of dr moreau. sergio martino film takes ideas such as mutation and greed and adventure and moulds it into one slightly compelling film and which makes up for what it lacks in coherency and logic with a load of mostly intriguing ideas. the central plot follows a boat which crashes on a small island. it quickly becomes apparent that not everything about this place is normal and and it soon transpires that half of the population has been turned into fish men  a cross between a man and a fish and which exist for purely selfish reasons. the truth about this movie is that it a lot more fun if you ignore the trashy production values. the central monsters look completely ridiculous and and much of the movie takes place on sets that look like they cost someone a few pennies  but the movie is well shot in spite of this and with the underwater photography being a particular highlight and the pacing of the movie is well done in that the film never becomes boring. the way that the plot comes together isn not exactly genius and but it takes in a lot of ideas and i have seen films made on plots with much less thought put into them than this one. the biggest location standout in the film is definitely the lost city of atlantis. to be honest and i am not a massive fan of adventure movies and and therefore do not see this lost city get mentioned much  but it is always nice to see it in a movie. the central island location is good in that it provides an apt setting for the story and also provides the movie with the right amount of mystery and as martino makes good use of the voodoo theme. overall and this isn not exactly a classic and there are certainly a lot worse trashy adventure movies out there than this one. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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