Wichita's Christopher Connelly in "The Atlantis Interceptors" (1983)

Starring Wichita's, Christopher Connelly

"The Atlantis Interceptors" (1983), also released as "Raiders of Atlantis", is a science fiction film directed by Ruggero Deodato and starring Christopher Connelly, Gioia Scola, Tony King, Michele Soavi and George Hilton.

Plot:
A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient Atlantean relic from the sea floor and bring in an expert to make some sense of it.

While attempting to raise the sub, radioactive leakage from its missiles triggers the re-emergence of Atlantis, and the resulting tidal wave destroys the platform and leaves only a small group of survivors. Rescued by two Vietnam vets-turned-heavies who are out relaxing after their latest job, their boat eventually runs aground on a Caribbean island nearby where, upon going ashore, it is discovered that everything has been destroyed and everybody killed.

The culprits, a vicious group of well-armed raiders, and their leader, Crystal Skull, are descendants of Atlantis’ original race who set about reclaiming the world and adding the survivors to the list of victims as they struggle to stay alive and defeat the raiders and send Atlantis back to the ocean floor.

Cast:
Christopher Connelly as Mike Ross
Gioia Scola as Dr. Cathy Rollins
Tony King as Mohammed / Washington
Stefano Mingardo as Klaus Nemnez
Ivan Rassimov as Bill Cook
Giancarlo Prati as Frank
Bruce Baron as Crystal Skull
George Hilton as Professor Peter Saunders
Mike Monty as George
Michele Soavi as James
Adriana Giuffrè
Maurizio Fardo as Larry Stoddard
Lewis E. Ciannelli as Oil Rig Commander

In a retrospective review, Donald Guarisco wrote for AllMovie that the film was a "good illustration of just how fun an exploitation quickie can be", not a plot that was described as "throwaway stuff", but that it "offers plentiful b-movie fun in practice because it puts an accent on action, and throws an endless array of endearingly goofy b-movie plot hooks at the viewer."

Discussing the effects, Guarisco found them "cheap looking, particularly the miniature effects. . . but that's really part of the fun for the b-movie fans this is aimed at." and concluded that the film was a "b-movie with specialized appeal but Eurocult fans will likely find it to be a blast of kitschy fun."

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