Fantastic Voyage (1960)

This Sci-fi classic takes a surgical team on a journey through the human body in an effort to repair a blood clot in the brain of a scientist who holds information that is vital to national security. This team is miniaturized in a submarine and injected into the bloodstream to travel to the blood clot and undo the damage. Grant (Stephen Boyd) is a CIA agent responsible for watching Dr. Duval (Arthur Kennedy) during the mission who is suspected of being a saboteur; but he alone has the know-how to complete the operation. Nothing goes smoothly and there a several plot twists that keep this one interesting. I have no doubt the special effects were state of the art in their day, however, many scenes were drawn out for long periods of time so that we could enjoy the marvelous colorful blobs floating all over the screen. The good plot and acting more than make up for the age of the special effect. Fantastic Voyage comes into port with 3 of 5.