Latitude Zero
Latitude Zero
A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, attack.
RichyE reviewedAugust 3, 2025
Discovered this one and was drawn in by the premise, stayed for the submarine and left with a mix of admiration and amused bewilderment.
A journalist is rescued from a deep sea disaster by a massive submarine captained by Craig McKenzie, a 200-year-old man who rules over an underwater utopia where aging is optional and fashion is eternal. But paradise doesn’t last.
Enter Dr. Malic, McKenzie’s nemesis and a mad scientist with a flair for mutant mayhem. Cue giant rats, flying lions and hybrid horrors that look like they escaped from a Toho creature lab on a sugar rush.
The cast is international and oddly charming: Joseph Cotten and Cesar Romero bring Hollywood gravitas to a Japanese production that’s equal parts earnest and bonkers.
The sets are colorful, the premise is pulpy and the tone? Somewhere between philosophical sci-fi and rubber-suit chaos.
I liked the ambition, the retro flair and the sheer “why not?” energy.
It’s the kind of movie that may feel campy, chaotic and weirdly profound, with submarines, immortality and a villain who really should’ve won a fashion award.