Elvis Presley (“Blue Hawaii”, “G.I. Blues”) stars in yet another movie. These are the types of movies that would never see the light of day if Elvis wasn’t in them as apparently because he is attached to the project it suddenly makes it okay to actually make them.
In this film, Elvis stars as a U.S. Navy ‘frogman’ named Ted Jackson, who on his last day of his service discovers a sunken ship with a load of treasure. Then Jackson teams with his friends, who include a sea captain with a phobia of the water. They try to find a way to get to the treasure but a group of youngsters looking for fun hear about this and it then becomes a race to get to the treasure first through singing, dancing and a lot of silliness.
Elvis Presley is not really what I’d consider a good actor but he’s fun to watch as if you give him a good line, he’ll deliver it in a truly hilarious way. He’s obviously a brilliant singer and he doesn’t disappoint here but the songs are hardly among his better tracks. Elsa Lanchester (“Bride Of Frankenstein”) is rubbish as the yoga teacher. The rest of the cast are really weak but that’s no real surprise as this is an Elvis movie.
This is a very silly movie but it’s meant to be; with silly underwater sequences, badly choreographed fights, weird humour that isn’t really that funny and a few more things. This movie is really however just a vehicle for Elvis. Also, you have to be into this sort of thing to enjoy yourself. If you are fan of both Elvis’ music and films then you can’t really go very wrong with “Easy Come, Easy Go” but otherwise stick to something else instead.