This movie is so bad that I am forced to write this review so that others don't waste an hour and a half of their lives on this movie. Please don't rent it, don't see it, even if it's for free. The premise of the movie was a good one, and once the Island began to sink I thought 'hmm maybe this will be a good film'. But once Loa came in dressed with a bra made of belt straps with a broken English and then after 20 minutes, she could speak it properly... I knew that it was going to be downhill from there. Reasons why I think that this is a bad film. 1. Too much computer animations, and they didn't work well with live action. 2. Crabs don't walk forward 3. Girl with broken English cannot re-learn English in a day or so of movie time. 4. Graphics again got in the way of action. 5. When beasts die, they should bleed. 6.Dialogue was extremely blahI kind of saw the end of the movie, and it was very predictable. Maybe these are good actors, but this was bad. Maybe the writing was bad. Maybe the actors are bad. Something just didn't work with this movie. I am going to rent the old Sinbad movies so that my mind does not get a negative view of Sinbad. Remember, don't watch this movie.

See, the thing about movie titles is they are the first stop on the advertising trail. They can be mysterious, telling you nothing, luring you in to find out more. Or they can be straightforward - hanging out the shingle to tell you what the film is about.So if a movie is titled the Seven Adventures of Sinbad then it's one of the latter - you know exactly where you stand, Arabian Nights stuff, right? Then take a look at the cast list, and see that the main male character is Adrian Sinbad. Oh dear. This is the biggest case of false advertising since, well, since the last big case of false advertising. Or, to put it in the current parlance, it is a reimagining. Whatever you label it, don't expect a Sinbad movie (not many submarines in the Sinbad stories as far as I can recall).Yes, there are fantasy elements and special effects. Done badly. In a movie with little excitement, a no-name cast who are going to stay that way, and an underwhelming story.This is a poor movie with a con trick for a title.

This is really great movie. people just don't understand what asylum is trying to tell them. the movies isn't about special effects. its about the messages you need to find in these movies. actually, the effects weren't so bad. i laughed and i cried. i think it can conquer with shaw shank redemption. you just need to watch it. OK maybe i am going crazy. but you just need to watch it. i swear you will like it. don't believe these liars that are mocking asylum films. you need to find your heart in these movies. i cant wait for the next asylum film. one day asylum films are going to be like fox or warner and you all will cry. i promise, you will not be disappointed.

SYNOPSIS: In this modern day retelling of the Sinbad myth, Adrian Sinbad is a billionaire oil shipping magnate, the headstrong descendant of a long line of great mariners. When his flagship oil tanker is hijacked by Somalian pirates, Sinbad rushes to the rescue. But the tanker is pulled underwater by a giant squid, and sinks into a deep sea crater where a supernatural being of terrible power resides. Meanwhile Sinbad's helicopter is struck by lightning in a storm, and crashes into the sea.Sinbad comes to on a strange tropical island, and is immediately attacked by a monstrous crab three times his size. Narrowly escaping, Sinbad bands together with a ragged group of survivors: the helicopter pilot, his fetching science officer, the bitter tanker captain and the Somalian pirate leader (these last two, mortal enemies). But when he meets Loa, a beautiful jungle warrior, she shows him cave paintings which foretell the end of mankind. Sinbad must complete seven ordeals, or the world will be destroyed by Elmec Ishu, the supernatural being enraged by the sunken tanker. (Though the tanker hasn't yet spilled its full 130 million gallons of oil into the sea).A sudden earthquake strikes - and Sinbad and the group are plunged into the ocean, only to discover that the island is actually the back of a giant whale (as per the original mythology). But they're not in the water long before pterodactyls swoop down and carry them away to feed to their babies.They next encounter a cyclops, seductive sirens, and a bloodthirsty cult led by Loa's insane father (a la Apocalypse Now, in one of the best sequences of the movie). The group dies off one by one, while romance blossoms between Sinbad and Loa. Meanwhile, back on the mainland, the world is shaken by earthquakes and tsunamis; Emlec Ishu is increasingly angry about the tanker parked in its living room. Sinbad descends into a volcano in search of otherworldly crystals which hold the key to escaping the island. Nearly killed by a towering lava demon, he and Loa manage to flee with the crystals - which release superheated gas when water touches them - and finally get off the island, by means of an old hot air balloon.Returning to civilization, Sinbad's final ordeal is to somehow raise the tanker and thus avert the coming apocalypse. Setting out on a suicide mission, Sinbad and Loa pilot a small submarine four miles underwater to the tanker. But en route, the first of the tanker's bulkheads finally ruptures - spilling 450,000 gallons of oil - and causing Elmec Ishu to unleash his full wrath on humanity, in the form of armies of strange waterspouts which destroy everything in their path.Meanwhile, the sub is chased down and captured by the giant squid. But using the sub's external nozzle, Sinbad vacuums up several oil bubbles in the water outside, thus convincing the intelligent squid to release them. Sinbad and Loa reach the tanker, and start to drill into the seabed below it, where a seam of the otherworldly crystals is buried. As the waterspouts make landfall, and with the sub's power and air reserves nearing zero, the drill punches through and floods the crystals with sea water. Gas geysers erupt from the sea-floor, filling the tanker with air, causing it to rise to the surface. The world is saved, but Sinbad and Loa are dying, out of air four miles underwater. Until Elmec Ishu appears, and summons the giant squid back, to carry the sub to the surface.REVIEW:I thought this movie had a lot going for it. There's moments of ingenuity, and real wit - Sinbad's reaction to the crab battle is kind of priceless. Biggest criticism: visual effects. As some of the other posters have mentioned they are not that good. The cyclops looks weird and roided out, and the squid only has six tentacles?!? Also not enough was made of the lava demon; it's a potentially cool creature but I wanted a lot more out of the scene.But let's put this in context. The budget for the movie is listed at $500k. Are you kidding?!?! What the filmmakers did for that amount is astonishing; there are probably hundreds of visual effects shots, which cost tons of money, so how did they do it?!Also I know for a fact that Asylum movies are shot on a very short schedule of around 2 weeks. So to even compare a movie shot in 2 weeks for $500k, with today's $100 million blockbusters is ridiculous. The scope and sweep of this film, the production value they got for that tiny budget, is actually quite amazing. The cinematography is beautiful, the locations are exotic, the action is non-stop.Performances are strong too. Muldoon's Sinbad has real heart and a dash of Tony Stark, and never loses touch with the humor. Bo Svenson nails it as the scheming CEO. But the biggest pleasure is Sarah Desage, who is not only smoking hot, but gives a nuanced performance as Loa. Look at the scenes between Loa and her father - it's emotionally rich work. She is someone to watch.Script and direction are solid. While this isn't what you would call a character driven piece, the two writers/directors Hayflick and Silver show a command of the dramatic and visual storytelling. The camera is fluid, editing is solid. And there are some real zingers in the dialogue. The movie definitely has a brain.So rather than hate on the filmmakers for making a movie that no, does not stack up to Avatar, I give them kudos for making an inspired, tiny budget action/adventure movie with a great spirit. It's supposed to be fun, and it is.One of the best Asylum releases to date, if not the best.