Decided to watch despite the bad reviews and low rating and I feel this is a solid watch. Borgnine is good as always, Yvette Mimeux gets hotter the deeper they go, and Ben Gazzara is excellent doing his best Ed Harris as Fred Rogers impersonation. The underwater action is fairly weak, but things not only get hotter, they also get bigger! Gazzara loses his red sweater and soon our crew discovers giant aquarium fish living at the bottom of the sea. If you ignore the impossibilities and just go with it, it's a blast. Mimieux smolders as Dr. Leah Jansen and is somehow able to try on four or five different outfits before she gets in the sub. Understandably her associate Dr. Andrews is concerned for her safety. Later, miles below the surface Mimieux goes bsc and pulls the pin on the support cable much to Gazzara's chagrin, but it all works out in the end. Filmed in Panavision.
Review of The Neptune Factor
