''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' is a 1989 fantasy film. It was a nominal sequel to the 1988 film '' Alien from L.A.'', both of which are (very) loosely based on the 1864 novel ''

Journey to the Center of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...

'' by Jules Verne.

Plot summary

Newly hired nanny Crystina arrives in Hawaii to discover that her charge is the dog of Nimrod, a rock star. Two brothers accidentally take the dog's basket to a local cave with their sister. The group of young people get lost in a cavern while exploring a volcano. The volcano explodes and while fleeing they discover the lost city of Atlantis, at the center of the Earth. Atlantis is inhabited, and view the arrival of the group along with a separate visitor from the surface, Wanda Saknussemm, as an invasion. This leads the Atlanteans to prepare to invade the surface. The children, nanny and Saknussemm must stop the invasion and escape to the surface.

Cast

Emo Philips Emo Philips (born Philip Soltanec February 7, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer and producer. His stand-up comedy persona makes use of paraprosdokians spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice. The confused, childlike deli ...

as Nimrod * Paul Carafotes as Richard *Jackie Bernstein as Sara *

Kathy Ireland Kathleen Marie Ireland (born March 20, 1963) is an American author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, philanthropist, and former fashion model. Ireland was a supermodel in the 1980s and 1990s, initially known for appearing in 13 consecutive ''Spo ...

as Wanda Saknussemm *Janie du Plessis as Gen. Rykov / Shank *

Nicola Cowper Nicola Jane Cowper (born 21 December 1967) is a British actress. Cowper is the younger sister of twin actresses Gerry Cowper and Jackie Cowper. Cowper made an impression as a film actress in her early career, but she is best known for her work o ...

as Crystina *Lochner De Kock as Professor Galba * Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Bryan *Albert Maritz as Mago/Kepple/Lab Assistant *

Jeff Celentano Jeff Celentano (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director. Celentano starred as an actor in such films as ''The Player (1992 film), The Player'', ''American Ninja 2: The Confrontation'', ''Puppet Master II'' ...

as Tola *Simon Poland as Roderman / Hairdresser *Jeremy Crutchley as Billy Foul

Production

The production of the film was noted to be troubled and was stopped when the film was about halfway completed. Two years after the filming stopped, director Albert Pyun was hired to complete the film with little budget to complete the project. Pyun brought in Ireland and decided to make the film a sequel of sorts to ''Alien from L.A.''

Reception

Moria noted that the film was a hodgepodge and a mess. What seems to have been an attempt to do a teen age version of the Verne book ends up with little to do with the book other than the underground setting. Creature Feature gave the movie 1 out of 5 stars, calling the film a mess and something that only vaguely resembles a feature film. Common Sense Media stated that the film's "plot is absurd and at times hard to follow, the acting is bad, and the film overall looks very low-budget" but that it was appropriate for most children.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1989 Film) 1989 films Films based on Journey to the Center of the Earth Films directed by Albert Pyun Films set in Atlantis Films set in Hawaii Golan-Globus films Films produced by Menahem Golan Films produced by Yoram Globus 1980s English-language films American fantasy adventure films 1980s American films