During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to ཐ,000 Leagues Under the Sea' . Written by Stewart M. Clamen [email protected]> In 1865, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, the union soldiers POW Captain Harding, Neb and Herbert escape in a balloon during a storm with two confederate prisoners, Sergeant Pencroft and the journalist Spilett. The uncontrollable wind takes the balloon to a mysterious island in the South Pacific in the area of New Zealand. Captain Harding self-proclaims the leader of the group and they look for food sooner they discover that they are stranded in an island. Further, they are attacked by a giant crab that becomes their first meal. Along the days, they build a shelter and finds that the island is inhabited by giant animals. A couple of days later, they find two castaways on the beach, the aristocratic Lady Mary Fairchild and her sexy niece Elena. Later they find a trunk with weapons and instruments like sextant and shelter with a journal of a man left alone in the island by pirates. When the pirate vessel arrives in the island, they are helped by Captain Nemo of the Nautilus, a submarine that had supposedly sunk in the coast of Mexico eight years ago. Nemo is famous as the man that tried to end strike among man. When the volcano begins activity, they need to leave the island to save their lives. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
演员迈克尔·克雷格,琼·格林伍德对角色诠释入木三分，从细微肢体动作到表情神态变化，精准传递角色内心情绪，让人沉浸角色命运，感同身受。
遗憾的是，剧情架构稍显松散，多条线索并行时衔接不够紧密，致使故事连贯性受损，观影时偶尔会有 “断档” 之感。
虽然影片在某些方面存在不足，但对于喜欢这类题材的观众来说还是值得一看的。
是难得 “下饭” 佳作，轻松诙谐风格、紧凑剧情，闲暇观影驱散疲惫，带来愉悦好心情，解压又惬意。
朋友推荐的《神秘岛1961》太棒了，看完又哭了一遍。