ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN is a typical B-movie of its type in which an FBI agent is tasked with going undercover as a prisoner on a penal colony on a remote Pacific island. The place is run by Peter Lorre, delivering a typically ultra-creepy performance as the softly-spoken boss who runs the place with an iron fist. In many respects this is similar to THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, the classic adaptation of the Wells novel with Charles Laughton, but shorn of any supernatural content. It's nonetheless atmospheric and violent at times, with Rochelle Hudson adding allure and plenty of suspense as we witness some of humankind's darkest behaviour.
Review of Island of Doomed Men
