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 '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' . Written by Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu> 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
看过不少凡尔纳的科幻小说，唯独没有这本，不知道原著是不是就这样充满了想象力，不过从他其他作品来看，应该是。n忍不住拿本片和前段时间看的《公元前一百万年》作比较，结论是本片要好上很多。扎实的剧本，多样化的情节都增色不少，至于巨大的怪物，螃蟹（这个超囧），鸡，章鱼也比单纯的恐龙来得有趣味。n片中人物不多，但都个性鲜明，有斗智有冒险，火山爆发和潜水特效都很养眼，放在60年代初绝对是年度大片。n时不时看看这样纯粹简单的娱乐老片，可以解解看完现在的漫画改编大烂片之后的气，神清气爽。
荒岛求生，光这四个字就足以令人期待了！可惜5个男的2个女的（后面还来了1男的）居然一点过份的事情都没有发生，这简真让人觉得很不科学。
电影过于平淡，小岛对大家都很友好。几乎没有值得聚焦的矛盾、冲突、悬念。不要每个男的都这么绅士嘛、女的能不能作一点，能不能有一个是心理恋态，
巨型螃蟹、巨型火鸡也是，献祭般作为食物出现，向象征性的充当了一下反派角色，全程划水，很没有诚意。 为什么会有巨型？这里其实也可以铺开一条线的。
吃大螃蟹、吃大火鸡、圈养山羊，这简直是一款为女生打造的小岛养成类游戏，为什么要叫神秘岛呢，叫快乐岛、叫无忧无虑岛吧。