Rainey Dawn I like a lot of the older, slower sci-fi films but this one is super boring. It's extremely drab, flat, one dimensional and nothing happens. It just them drilling and drilling for most of the film. The exciting thing that happens is when the finally pop out and see water. That's as exciting as it gets - they see water. OK there's a little bit more to the water stuff in the ending but by the time you get to that point your either asleep or just really don't care.If you are gonna watch the film, there is no need in watching it normally, just hit the fast-forward button and watch it that way because the dialogue is as interesting as the sock-lent between my toes.1/10

Matthew_Capitano A group of geonauts consisting of seven fuddy-duddy scientists including one sexy chick take a trip down into the earth's inner core so they can find a 'haven' from the threat of the atomic bomb.Dark and ultimately boring, this little thing is at least a bit different. Victor Killian is the leader, but he looks as though he'd rather be at a Brooklyn Dodgers game. Marilyn Nash is the female on board the drilling car -- too bad we don't get to see her topless... that would have helped the movie immensely. Bruce Kellogg plays the shallow millionaire financing the expedition. About as exciting as it sounds.Directed by Terry Morse. Cave scenes filmed in Arizona.

Dalbert Pringle I certainly must say that 1951's, Sci-Fi, Adventure tale, "Unknown World" sure turned out, for me, to be a humongous let-down on all counts.Had there been a really interesting rapport going on between the characters in the story, then, yes, I could've easily forgiven all of the shoddy special effects and the absolute sluggish pace of this "Journey-To-The-Centre-Of-The-Earth" yarn.But, alas, character interaction, like everything else in Unknown World, was unendurably lacklustre and painfully predictable.Yes. It was interesting to note that even back in the early 1950s there was considerable concern (amongst some citizens of the USA) regarding the dangerously fatal downside to the dawning of the Atomic Age for us humans.But, in the long run, this did nothing to alleviate the total humdrum that prevailed throughout Unknown World's story, from its somewhat promising opening to its downright cornball finish.Even from a purely nostalgic point of view, there was nothing about Unknown World that made it stand out in any way at all. It was just boring and forgettable. And that was, pretty much, it!

sddavis63 If you can imagine "Journey To The Centre Of The Earth" minus any and all excitement, then you have a pretty good grasp on what this movie is all about. The basic story revolves around Dr. Morley, a scientist who has become convinced that humanity is on the brink of a nuclear war (to the point at which his nickname has become "The Prophet Of Doom"), and so he assembles a team of experts who pack themselves into a fancy vehicle and bore (and I do mean bore in every sense of the word) hundreds of miles into the earth in an attempt to find someplace to ride out the nuclear storm. So they go down. And down. And down some more. And nothing much really happens, except for a few arguments among the team members. Even the scenes where team members get killed (and by the end three of them have bitten the dust) are anti-climactic at best.Too bad, really. The plot had potential, and being made in the early 50's, when the threat of nuclear annihilation was a big topic for people, it could have delved into some of those questions in more depth. The acting wasn't great, but I've seen some of these shlocky 50's and 60's sci-fi flicks where the acting has been a lot worse. I even liked the opening of the movie, which gave us the basic background to the story disguised as one of those 50's newsreel type movies. Good qualities aside, though, a movie in which nothing much happens isn't a very good movie. 3/10