Land of No Return

Original title: Challenge to Survive

1977
G
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

Zak O'Brien is an animal trainer for the popular television series "Caesar and Romulus," which has been selected for a "Patsy" Award to be presented in Burbank, Californa. Zak, Caesar and Ro... Read allZak O'Brien is an animal trainer for the popular television series "Caesar and Romulus," which has been selected for a "Patsy" Award to be presented in Burbank, Californa. Zak, Caesar and Romulus board his Cherokee Arrow in Denver for the flight there, but en route at night over ... Read allZak O'Brien is an animal trainer for the popular television series "Caesar and Romulus," which has been selected for a "Patsy" Award to be presented in Burbank, Californa. Zak, Caesar and Romulus board his Cherokee Arrow in Denver for the flight there, but en route at night over the Utah wastelands they encounter a sudden blizzard. Zak's radio fails, and then engine t... Read all

Director
- Kent Bateman
Writers
- Kent Bateman
- Frank Ray Perilli
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Kent Bateman
Writers
- Kent Bateman
- Frank Ray Perilli
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

More like this

6.5

The Tenth Level

6.2

Perilous Voyage

5.7

Kingdom of the Spiders

5.1

The Devil's Rain

5.6

Crash

5.8

Disaster on the Coastliner

5.3

The Third Walker

5.7

Visiting Hours

5.3

The Kidnapping of the President

5.1

Impulse

4.0

The Headless Eyes

5.5

Breaking the Rules

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
This film went into production in January 1974.

Connections
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)

User reviews5

Review

Featured review

4/10

Barable for fans of survival movies

Called Survival Element in the UK.

Not bad for a 70s TV movie. One thing that it has going for it is the level of realism. Most survival movies make things far too easy for the hero, or add an action subplot to increase the tension. If anything, the story is a tad mundane, with a middle aged man reduced to the barest of survival levels.

I agree with the other posters that Shatner's part was extraneous. In fact, the film would have done better with less flipping back and forth, but I suppose that they had to maintain the screen time of the other lead actor. That and the occasional overly cute moments, drags the film down to a 4. Like most TV movies it was probably marred by an attempt to appeal to the widest possible demographic.

Might be worth a go for the dedicated survival film enthusiast if found cheap.