![]() And it’s possible to suspect the producers dreamed this might be a pilot for a spin-off TV series, which not surprisingly has never materialised.Īnd given Nautilus is firmly mired in the bottom-feeder end of the action market, we’re gratefully spared a gratuitous shot of naked breasts which I suspected to see swimming over the horizon at any moment. There’s some footage of a very real aircraft carrier and it’s jets, and I couldn’t tell if it was filmed with permission, stock footage, or test shots from the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, filmed by a disgruntled and hungover 2nd unit before Tony Scott came onboard to direct Tom Cruise et al.ĭirector Rodney McDonald previously made submarine terrorist thriller, Steel Sharks, which also featured Wolf, and there’s no faulting his enthusiasm for this project. I did like the submarine itself, though if you told me it was left over models of the Seaview submarine from 1960s TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, I’d believe you. The central oil rig location is impressive as are the underwater sequences which presumably hoovered up the budget, there doesn’t appear to have been much petty cash remaining roost for the far from special effects. Norton seems cast as close as the producers could afford to Kurt Russell or Bruce Campbell, which is to say, not close at all. ![]() The former kick boxer plays a smug two-fisted mercenary, with whom our time travelling submariners reluctantly team up. ![]() Hickey, which may be a reference to Corporal Hicks of James Cameron’s Aliens, or a cruel and tasteless in-joke.įather and daughter run into a team of terrorists trying to steal Prometheus which is being defended singlehandedly, but with twice the biceps of the rest of the cast combined, by Richard Norton. She’s played by Miranda Wolf with the talent of an actress whose other credits include the role of Prisoner #1 in a spin-off reboot of talking car TV show, Knight Rider, and a role in another submarine thriller where she’s billed as Lt. He is channelling Star Trek’s Square-jawed grey-haired Captain Pike, while his all-action gun-toting, truck-driving and scuba-diving daughter is obviously modelled on the then hugely popular video game character Lara Croft. In the Mad Max-alike eco-ravaged future of 2099AD, we’re introduced to the crew of the Nautilus submarine, including its widower captain and his glamorous daughter.īefore you can say Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home, or even think of mentioning Terminator 2 or 1980’s The Final Countdown, our heroes activate a time travelling device and take the submarine back to the present to prevent a drilling exercise called The Prometheus Project and so save the future from eco disaster. However the author may have been tickled by the time travelling plot, and the way his treasured eco-themes survive intact. Taking its name from the submarine which featured in the classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by father of the science fiction Jules Verne, this seemingly hastily assembled affair unfairly subtracts rather than adds to his reputation. Functional at best with a lack of flair in cinematography, design, acting and writing, the enterprise is haunted at every turn by the spirit of Hollywood auteur, Ed Wood. The interior features a 50 m2 dinner and lounge area with four circular windows each with diameters close to 4 meters, a master stateroom and four guest rooms, as well as sleeping quarters for up to six crew, a gym and a fully equipped galley.A submarine crew from an apocalyptic future collides with present-day terrorists in this low rent action adventure mash-up of superior sci-fi fare. Thanks to the abundant power supply, the Nautilus can stay submerged for up to 18 hours with 10 guests. The Nautilus presents a new class of exceptionally spacious privately-operated submarine that can carry up to 10 passengers (excluding crew) in a fully conditioned environment to a depth of 150 meters. This al fresco arrangement will be retracted before the submersible slips below sea level. When functioning as a yacht, the Nautilus will offer a massive sundeck equipped with a freshwater pool, a bar, and a luxurious dining table. The diesel-electric yacht submarine Nautilus has a depth rating of 200 meters, with a surface cruise speed of 9 knots and an underwater speed of 4 knots. Nautilus: The submersible superyacht by U-Boat Worx, interior design and visusalisation by Officina Armare. ![]()
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