Fantastic Voyage

Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces

A medical and science crew board a submarine and are miniaturised and injected into an important foreign scientist's body. The mission is to remove a blood clot on his brain that was suffered during an assassination attempt. Once shrunk and in their new bodily world, the team must battle the body's defence systems as well as avoiding trouble with the major organs. Also on a clock of one hour before they return to normal size, they have to also contend with the fact there may be a saboteur on board. This be a fantastical voyage indeed...

The crews voyage through the body's bloodstream and beyond is brought to life by the use of some splendidly inventive special effects, something which marks Fantast...

I remember I really liked this movie when I was a teenager, along with the novel by Isaac Asimov that was based on the screenplay. (I never read the original story they based the screenplay on.) It was adventurous fun. I dont recall if I was titillated by the presence on the cast of Raquel Welch, though they showed great restraint in having her covered up most of the time by the special submarine suit.

I wasnt as impressed or entertained watching it this time around. I thought there were a couple of plot holes and, needless to say, the special effects werent up to the standards we are used to after all these years. But I would still recommend it if you are interested in early science fiction films or if you are watching with children, for it is certainly suitable for all audiences.

Back in the days of three-channel telly in Britain, this was one of the regular sci-fi staples that I really quite enjoyed as I grew up. It features Messala himself - Stephen Boyd, only this time he is being placed into a submarine with Cora (Raquel Welch) and Michaels (Donald Pleasence) and then shrunk. They are to be injected into the bloodstream of a scientist with a view to navigating his internal system, arriving at his brain and the using their laser to zap away a life-threatening blood clot. It appears that miniaturisation itself is no big deal, but after an hour the shrunken object starts to return to its normal size. The man they are hoping to assist is the only one who knows how to prolong that period and he had offered his knowle...