1. The Incredible Petrified World

Well, first of all this movie hardly appeals as a Sci-fi, and there sure as hell ain’t anything incredible about it. Here’s the basic plot: some scientist dude wants to break a record by lowering some people into the ocean in a pod deeper than anyone has ever been lowered before! It’s measured by a “Depth by Foot” meter. But the chain breaks and the four people get trapped underwater in the pod which for some reason remains suspended in the same location deep in the sea after the cable breaks. The four people are Craig, Dale (a girl), Laurie, and some other dude whose name I forgot. So one of the guys sees some light out of the pod window and the four put on wet suits and swim out. The four find this underwater cavern that is full of air so they decide to chill there. They start to wander around hoping that the cavern leads them back to the surface. While wandering they find an old dirty man who’s been in there for fourteen years and he tells the four that there is no escape. The four decide that there’s no choice but to live in the cave with the old man. Meanwhile, for some reason there are an abundance of close ups on the old man accompanied by very suspenseful music. The guys go back to the pod to get some supplies and the pod is apparently still suspended in mid sea and defying the laws of physics by not continuing to sink. While they are gone there is some unnecessary drama between the girls. Dale’s jealous because Craig loves Laurie and therefore Craig and Laurie are kind of happy to be living together in the cave for the rest f their lives because they at least have each other. The old man feels sorry for Dale so he suggests that the two of them should kill the other three. She doesn’t really want to so then the old man decides that he should probably kill her. However, before he can, an underwater volcano erupts which causes a bunch of rocks to fall on the old man. Meanwhile, the brother of the scientist who messed up the first pod experiment discovered what went wrong so he proceeds to construct a new sea pod (in a matter of minutes apparently) and then go to the exact same location and attempt the very same task—this time sending his brother (the one who failed) down in the pod. Coincidently, Craig and that other dude are still swimming around in the water when the second pod comes down in the exact same spot. One of them happens to run out of air at that exact moment and the other one pulls him into the second pod. Inside the pod, the conscious man and the scientist decided to give the passed out guy coffee instead of mouth-to-mouth, and it works! Yes! Then Craig goes back to the cave where the girls are trapped by the crumbling walls (the volcano is still erupting I guess). Craig enters the cave and a rock falls on him and he suspensefully passes out for about two seconds. Then the girls see him and lightly tap his shoulder and he gains consciousness. Then they all go back to the pod and then to the surface and there is a small celebration and a few cheesy jokes.

Score: 2