Product Details

• Actors: Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodrigues, Harvey Jason
• Directors: John Llewellyn Moxey
• Format: NTSC, Full Screen, Color
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: WBTV
• DVD Release Date: November 11, 2009
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002VA5A02
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,936 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Genesis II" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Warner Bros. Digital Dist Release Date: 06/16/2011

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Science Fiction Classic!, June 16, 2010

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M. Davis (Comfort, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Genesis II (DVD)

Filled with a cast of well-known actors from the 1970s, Genesis II is Gene Roddenberry's vision of what life on Earth might have become after a nuclear war. The made-for-TV film fits nicely with Roddenberry's extended arc of "futuristic" stories that include the Star Trek series.

Alex Cord brought the character of Dylan Hunt to life and set him so strongly in our imagination that other actors were able to reprise the role in Planet Earth and Brave New World with ease. These two films are the sequels following Genesis II. Mariette Hartley was exquisite as Lira-a and looked absolutely seductive--even with two navels.

The action is smootly paced and the story well-crafted. Dylan Hunt participates in an experiment to test the early development of suspended animation, and is trapped in the pressure chamber when an earthquake is unexpectedly triggered. He wakes 154 years later, when people from PAX discover and revive him.

Hunt is faced with that long gap in his lifetime, and finds a world completely changed by nuclear devastation. He struggles to understand the political and sociological changes between the people of PAX and those of TYRANIA, the other survivng group.

He must decide which group he will join, and is pressured by both. Unfortunately, his choice is complicated by the knowledge that the Tyrannians have discovered an intact ICBM and warhead...which they plan to use against PAX.

The excitement speeds along at the rushing pace of the sub-shuttle in this Science Fiction classic!

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Effort, January 1, 2010

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D. Cooke (canada, courtice) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Genesis II (DVD)

Just picked up a copy of Genesis II (1973) and Planet Earth (1974).
I just finished watching both Genesis II and Planet Earth, and was pretty happy with Warner Brothers efforts.

They were both a manufactured on demand product using DVD-R recordable media. Warner made some effort with DVD disk art, and cover art, they could have picked a little better picture for the cover however for Genesis II.
I am glad to finally have a copy of these made for TV movies, that are DVD quality. There were a few specks on the picture, but not enough to take away from the movie.

I only gave it a 4 but they are probably closer to 4.5, just because I think they could have done everything just a little better.

Hopefully they will release the 3rd movie Strange New Earth (1975)

P.S. If you aren't into the older movies, you probably won't like them. These are 70's made for TV movies, so the special effects are somewhat lacking by today's standards.

Genuine Warner Brothers
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In memory of Gene Rodenberry, July 2, 2010

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This review is from: Genesis II (DVD)

I remember watching this in 1973 when it first premiered. Though the TV Special effects are tame by today's standards, the plot was pretty cool. I liked ALex Cord's character, and all the supporting characters especially Percy Rodriguez, and Ted Cassiday's.

Think it was originally planned that this would take off as a series but it did not pan out. Though there were some sequel's with John Saxon taking over the "Dylan Hunt" character, this was by far the best.