This movie has a lot in common with the adventures of the the Famous Five in Enid Blyton's books. Beautiful scenery, youngsters on summer vacation and some mysterious events.
The script has potential and the limited budget of the film tries to make the best out of it. The casting serves the purpose and some clever sidelines can be observed (like one characters constant obsession with food or the behaviour of the local boat-policeman).
All in all an entertaining experience, although towards the end of the movie you start to fear that it will be the easy way out and some questions will be left unanswered. Well, this happens and all who waited to see the submarine won't get their cake.
Additional 20 minutes of screen time in the ex-military base with some special effects would have helped this movie to really shine. Now it just leaves you with a flashback to the 80's island summers.
The script has potential and the limited budget of the film tries to make the best out of it. The casting serves the purpose and some clever sidelines can be observed (like one characters constant obsession with food or the behaviour of the local boat-policeman).
All in all an entertaining experience, although towards the end of the movie you start to fear that it will be the easy way out and some questions will be left unanswered. Well, this happens and all who waited to see the submarine won't get their cake.
Additional 20 minutes of screen time in the ex-military base with some special effects would have helped this movie to really shine. Now it just leaves you with a flashback to the 80's island summers.
