I last saw The Island at the Top of the World in 1974 when it was initially released at the theatres. I was seven years old. Going to the cinema was a real event at the time and films such as this were always an entertaining spectacle. They frequently left a marked impression on a young mind. Special effects driven movies were not so ubiquitous during this decade. With these things in mind I recently decided to revisit The Island at the Top of the World. Forty two years watching the movie from an adult’s perspective was quite a different experience. That’s not to say that it’s a bad film; far from it. However it is quite a different beast compared to the modern action adventure movie.