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Peter Diamond,
Peter Diamond,
Richard Chamberlain,
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J. Lee Thompson,
J. Lee Thompson
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: MGM
: Action, Adventure
: 100 min.
: English, French
: English, Spanish, French
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The action in this routine adventure film would be modeled on the enormously successful Indiana Jones but it is too much, too fast, too deja vu. It all starts when Jessie Huston (Sharon Stone, before stardom) talks adventurer Allen Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) into helping her find her father, an archaeologist. He has been kidnapped in Africa by a Turk (John Rhys-Davies) and a German colonel (Herbert Lom) who are determined to extract the secret location of King Solomon's mines from the stubborn man. As Jessie and Quatermain head off into the unknown, there are crocodiles, lions, and other human beasts to conquer before the father or the mines hove into view. A sequel was soon to follow. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
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| You've gotta be a cheese lover for this one
by asklepios
June 28, 2005 - 4:59 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| The acting's flat, the special effects are corny (even by mid-80's standards), the writing doesn't support the action, but it's so bad you've gotta laugh at parts. Gratuitous explosions, rampant racism, and sexism further degrade this movie's value. The worst thing is that it's only tangentially related to the book. |
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