Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Starring:Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, Robert Donner, Doghmi Larbi, Aileen Marson (II), Cassandra Peterson, Martin Rabbett, Rory Kilalea, Alex Heyns, Themsi Times, Philip Boucher, Stuart Goakes, Fidelis Cheza, Nic Lesley, George Chiota
Director: Gary Nelson
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD
Editorial Review:
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Despite the critical drubbing and box-office failure of King Solomon's Mines (1985), Cannon Films released this sequel two years later, again featuring Richard Chamberlain as adventurer Allan Quatermain and a pre-Basic Instinct Sharon Stone; the result is marginally better than its predecessor, and may please "bad film" fans. This time around, Quatermain is seeking his brother (Martin Rabbett), who has disappeared while on an expedition to locate a legendary white tribe in Africa. Quatermain's search leads him to the title city, which is controlled by evil Henry Silva (overacting with relish). Director Gary Nelson and returning writer Gene Quintano achieve a few more half-hearted laughs here than in its predecessor, and the cast, which includes James Earl Jones and Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, do their best with the material, but this can't hold a candle to the 1937 and 1950 film versions of King Solomon's Mines. --Paul Gaita
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- A sequel to MINES
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- A throwback to the bad old days
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Starring: Richard Chamberlain , Sharon Stone , James Earl Jones , Henry Silva , and Robert Donner
Director: Gary Nelson
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Release Date: 2004-02-03 |
Amazon.com
Despite the critical drubbing and box-office failure of King Solomon's Mines (1985), Cannon Films released this sequel two years later, again featuring Richard Chamberlain as adventurer Allan Quatermain and a pre-Basic Instinct Sharon Stone; the result is marginally better than its predecessor, and may please "bad film" fans. This time around, Quatermain is seeking his brother (Martin Rabbett), who has disappeared while on an expedition to locate a legendary white tribe in Africa. Quatermain's search leads him to the title city, which is controlled by evil Henry Silva (overacting with relish). Director Gary Nelson and returning writer Gene Quintano achieve a few more half-hearted laughs here than in its predecessor, and the cast, which includes James Earl Jones and Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, do their best with the material, but this can't hold a candle to the 1937 and 1950 film versions of King Solomon's Mines. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews:
A sequel to MINES.......2007-06-17
KING SOLOMON'S MINES and ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD are typically over-shadowed by the bigger budget INDIANA JONES trilogy. There is good reason for that; the IJ movies are the apex of the action movie genre. However, that's not a good reason NOT to watch these two flicks.
The films detail the exploits of a hero named Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) and his girlfriend / fiancee Jessie (Sharon Stone). Together they make up a sort of Indiana Jones character as he is an adventureman while she is a scholar / philologist.
The two films lead them to exotic places where they must fend off natives as well as bad guys who are out to kill them. THE LOST CITY OF GOLD also features James Earl Jones as a friend of Allan's who joins them in their adventure.
The lost city of gold itself seems to be @ least loosely based on the mythical Eldorado which Voltaire made so famous in his CANDIDE. I realize that Eldorado is South America while this city is supposedly in the middle of Africa, but the general legend is roughly the same.
If adventure movies are your thing, then these two belong on your shelf of DVDs. Yes, they are somewhat low budget and the monsters in them are not particularly convincing. And, yes, there are some aspects about the final battle that are a bit hokey. However, that is not really the "point." These movies are FUN! The soundtracks are very good and we also get to see Sharon Stone in the prime of her beauty. What more could you ask for? Huh?
Great fun and adventure.......2007-01-28
The charactors Kept me laughing and on the edge of my seat. And Richard Chamberlain is plain hot.
A throwback to the bad old days.......2006-03-05
Once upon a time somebody released a movie called Raiders of the Lost Ark, which did very well at the box office. There was a scramble to cash in on its success, and so, some Hollywood types decided to re-make Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines with Richard Chamberlain and the relatively unknow Sharon Stone. It wasn't a bad movie, but it was no masterpiece either. As the making of the movie progressed, Miss Stone's garments kept shrinking in the wash. The makers, realising that this might save the box office receipts decided to accelerate the trend, and, halfway through one scene her Bombay bloomers miraculously transformed themselves in to hot pants.
Subseqently, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released and was a hit, to they released a sequel to King Solomon's Mines called Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, with the same cast as before, to cash in again.
Now you know that any movie with Lost City of Gold in the title is going to be a stinker, but will be saved by the continuing shrinking of Miss Stone's garments and the presence of bikini clad Amazons. Unfortunately, two things went wrong. One, Miss Stone's contract had a fully clothed clause in it and she remains overclad. Two, they sent the bloke who does the flower arrangements out to hire the bikini clad Amazons and he returned with a lot of his similarly inclined male friends clad in white pajamas instead. Result: insufficient crumpet!
They borrowed certain elements from Temple of Doom. Sharon Stone screams more than Kate Capshaw. There is a roller coaster ride through underground caverns, this time in a canoe instead of a mine cart. There are hapless native slaves in a mine and a lava pit for the sacrifices.
Otherwise the movie is a throwback to an earlier era of B movie making. In those old jungle movies, the blacks were in it to:
a. Shout menacingly and throw spears,
b. Provide the corpses, and.
c. Provide the comedy relief, unless there was a monkey called Cheeta.
In this movie there are:
a. blacks who shout and throw spears,
b. five Ashari warriors who play the part of the five green bottles sitting on a wall (Somebody actually says: "Oh, look! We've lost another Ashari."), and,
c. there is James Earle Jones providing the unintended comedy relief, in what is easily the worst performance of his otherwise distinguished career. Tarzan isn't in this one so somebody has to substitute for the monkey and James got picked.
There is also a beautiful princess. She is a goodie, so she is blonde. She has an evil sister, who is, naturally, brunette. So is the evil, if somewhat unkempt, high priest. In old westerns you could tell who the goodies and the badies were by the colour of their hats, but this isn't a western, so we have to rely on hair colour. There are no injuns either, so the blacks attack the fort. Oops, I mean lost city.
Much of the middle of the movie ended on the cutting room floor to keep it short, so the climactic bit doesn't make much sense, but don't worry, you can watch the trailer and see the missing bits. In fact, if you don't watch the trailer you won't see Dicky Chamberlain rescue the slaves or understand why the fort (sorry, city) is attacked.
In summary, this is a rather old fashioned jungle B movie. It's not terribly good, but if you are supposed to be mowing the lawn, and it is raining, this will get you out of the housework and give you a laugh or two. Some of the laughs will even be intentional.
Quality and Personal satisfaction of DVD (Allan Quatermain and the lost City of gold).......2006-02-23
Allan Quatermain and the lost city of gold DVD is of the highest quality and i am completely satisfied with
the product and i recommend it without reservation!
-M.E.
They actually put this on DVD?.......2006-01-14
Considering the many great films that have not made it on to DVD yet, that this boring and mind melting nonsense has made it is beyond belief.
Winner of the most boring historical "action-adventure" film set in Africa award, with Sharon Stone taking the honors for worst actress is said category.
The Kings Solomons Mines film is actually pretty good, the equal to the Indiana Jones films.
Since I love the genre, and since I liked the first film, this may be most horrific sequel I have ever had the painful displeasure to witness.
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Average customer rating:
- A sequel to MINES
- Great fun and adventure
- A throwback to the bad old days
- Quality and Personal satisfaction of DVD (Allan Quatermain and the lost City of gold)
- They actually put this on DVD?
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold [Region 2]
Starring: Richard Chamberlain , Sharon Stone , James Earl Jones , Henry Silva , and Robert Donner
Director: Gary Nelson
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- King Solomon's Mines
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- Firewalker
- King Solomon's Mines
ASIN: B00015N55G |
Amazon.com
Despite the critical drubbing and box-office failure of King Solomon's Mines (1985), Cannon Films released this sequel two years later, again featuring Richard Chamberlain as adventurer Allan Quatermain and a pre-Basic Instinct Sharon Stone; the result is marginally better than its predecessor, and may please "bad film" fans. This time around, Quatermain is seeking his brother (Martin Rabbett), who has disappeared while on an expedition to locate a legendary white tribe in Africa. Quatermain's search leads him to the title city, which is controlled by evil Henry Silva (overacting with relish). Director Gary Nelson and returning writer Gene Quintano achieve a few more half-hearted laughs here than in its predecessor, and the cast, which includes James Earl Jones and Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, do their best with the material, but this can't hold a candle to the 1937 and 1950 film versions of King Solomon's Mines. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews:
A sequel to MINES.......2007-06-17
KING SOLOMON'S MINES and ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD are typically over-shadowed by the bigger budget INDIANA JONES trilogy. There is good reason for that; the IJ movies are the apex of the action movie genre. However, that's not a good reason NOT to watch these two flicks.
The films detail the exploits of a hero named Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) and his girlfriend / fiancee Jessie (Sharon Stone). Together they make up a sort of Indiana Jones character as he is an adventureman while she is a scholar / philologist.
The two films lead them to exotic places where they must fend off natives as well as bad guys who are out to kill them. THE LOST CITY OF GOLD also features James Earl Jones as a friend of Allan's who joins them in their adventure.
The lost city of gold itself seems to be @ least loosely based on the mythical Eldorado which Voltaire made so famous in his CANDIDE. I realize that Eldorado is South America while this city is supposedly in the middle of Africa, but the general legend is roughly the same.
If adventure movies are your thing, then these two belong on your shelf of DVDs. Yes, they are somewhat low budget and the monsters in them are not particularly convincing. And, yes, there are some aspects about the final battle that are a bit hokey. However, that is not really the "point." These movies are FUN! The soundtracks are very good and we also get to see Sharon Stone in the prime of her beauty. What more could you ask for? Huh?
Great fun and adventure.......2007-01-28
The charactors Kept me laughing and on the edge of my seat. And Richard Chamberlain is plain hot.
A throwback to the bad old days.......2006-03-05
Once upon a time somebody released a movie called Raiders of the Lost Ark, which did very well at the box office. There was a scramble to cash in on its success, and so, some Hollywood types decided to re-make Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines with Richard Chamberlain and the relatively unknow Sharon Stone. It wasn't a bad movie, but it was no masterpiece either. As the making of the movie progressed, Miss Stone's garments kept shrinking in the wash. The makers, realising that this might save the box office receipts decided to accelerate the trend, and, halfway through one scene her Bombay bloomers miraculously transformed themselves in to hot pants.
Subseqently, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released and was a hit, to they released a sequel to King Solomon's Mines called Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, with the same cast as before, to cash in again.
Now you know that any movie with Lost City of Gold in the title is going to be a stinker, but will be saved by the continuing shrinking of Miss Stone's garments and the presence of bikini clad Amazons. Unfortunately, two things went wrong. One, Miss Stone's contract had a fully clothed clause in it and she remains overclad. Two, they sent the bloke who does the flower arrangements out to hire the bikini clad Amazons and he returned with a lot of his similarly inclined male friends clad in white pajamas instead. Result: insufficient crumpet!
They borrowed certain elements from Temple of Doom. Sharon Stone screams more than Kate Capshaw. There is a roller coaster ride through underground caverns, this time in a canoe instead of a mine cart. There are hapless native slaves in a mine and a lava pit for the sacrifices.
Otherwise the movie is a throwback to an earlier era of B movie making. In those old jungle movies, the blacks were in it to:
a. Shout menacingly and throw spears,
b. Provide the corpses, and.
c. Provide the comedy relief, unless there was a monkey called Cheeta.
In this movie there are:
a. blacks who shout and throw spears,
b. five Ashari warriors who play the part of the five green bottles sitting on a wall (Somebody actually says: "Oh, look! We've lost another Ashari."), and,
c. there is James Earle Jones providing the unintended comedy relief, in what is easily the worst performance of his otherwise distinguished career. Tarzan isn't in this one so somebody has to substitute for the monkey and James got picked.
There is also a beautiful princess. She is a goodie, so she is blonde. She has an evil sister, who is, naturally, brunette. So is the evil, if somewhat unkempt, high priest. In old westerns you could tell who the goodies and the badies were by the colour of their hats, but this isn't a western, so we have to rely on hair colour. There are no injuns either, so the blacks attack the fort. Oops, I mean lost city.
Much of the middle of the movie ended on the cutting room floor to keep it short, so the climactic bit doesn't make much sense, but don't worry, you can watch the trailer and see the missing bits. In fact, if you don't watch the trailer you won't see Dicky Chamberlain rescue the slaves or understand why the fort (sorry, city) is attacked.
In summary, this is a rather old fashioned jungle B movie. It's not terribly good, but if you are supposed to be mowing the lawn, and it is raining, this will get you out of the housework and give you a laugh or two. Some of the laughs will even be intentional.
Quality and Personal satisfaction of DVD (Allan Quatermain and the lost City of gold).......2006-02-23
Allan Quatermain and the lost city of gold DVD is of the highest quality and i am completely satisfied with
the product and i recommend it without reservation!
-M.E.
They actually put this on DVD?.......2006-01-14
Considering the many great films that have not made it on to DVD yet, that this boring and mind melting nonsense has made it is beyond belief.
Winner of the most boring historical "action-adventure" film set in Africa award, with Sharon Stone taking the honors for worst actress is said category.
The Kings Solomons Mines film is actually pretty good, the equal to the Indiana Jones films.
Since I love the genre, and since I liked the first film, this may be most horrific sequel I have ever had the painful displeasure to witness.
![Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold [Region 2]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/21Q832N9JFL.jpg)
Average customer rating:
- A sequel to MINES
- Great fun and adventure
- A throwback to the bad old days
- Quality and Personal satisfaction of DVD (Allan Quatermain and the lost City of gold)
- They actually put this on DVD?
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold [Region 2]
Starring: Richard Chamberlain , Sharon Stone , James Earl Jones , Henry Silva , and Robert Donner
Director: Gary Nelson
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- King Solomon's Mines
- King Solomon's Mines
- The Librarian - Return to King Solomon's Mines
- Firewalker
- King Solomon's Mines
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Despite the critical drubbing and box-office failure of King Solomon's Mines (1985), Cannon Films released this sequel two years later, again featuring Richard Chamberlain as adventurer Allan Quatermain and a pre-Basic Instinct Sharon Stone; the result is marginally better than its predecessor, and may please "bad film" fans. This time around, Quatermain is seeking his brother (Martin Rabbett), who has disappeared while on an expedition to locate a legendary white tribe in Africa. Quatermain's search leads him to the title city, which is controlled by evil Henry Silva (overacting with relish). Director Gary Nelson and returning writer Gene Quintano achieve a few more half-hearted laughs here than in its predecessor, and the cast, which includes James Earl Jones and Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, do their best with the material, but this can't hold a candle to the 1937 and 1950 film versions of King Solomon's Mines. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews:
A sequel to MINES.......2007-06-17
KING SOLOMON'S MINES and ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD are typically over-shadowed by the bigger budget INDIANA JONES trilogy. There is good reason for that; the IJ movies are the apex of the action movie genre. However, that's not a good reason NOT to watch these two flicks.
The films detail the exploits of a hero named Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) and his girlfriend / fiancee Jessie (Sharon Stone). Together they make up a sort of Indiana Jones character as he is an adventureman while she is a scholar / philologist.
The two films lead them to exotic places where they must fend off natives as well as bad guys who are out to kill them. THE LOST CITY OF GOLD also features James Earl Jones as a friend of Allan's who joins them in their adventure.
The lost city of gold itself seems to be @ least loosely based on the mythical Eldorado which Voltaire made so famous in his CANDIDE. I realize that Eldorado is South America while this city is supposedly in the middle of Africa, but the general legend is roughly the same.
If adventure movies are your thing, then these two belong on your shelf of DVDs. Yes, they are somewhat low budget and the monsters in them are not particularly convincing. And, yes, there are some aspects about the final battle that are a bit hokey. However, that is not really the "point." These movies are FUN! The soundtracks are very good and we also get to see Sharon Stone in the prime of her beauty. What more could you ask for? Huh?
Great fun and adventure.......2007-01-28
The charactors Kept me laughing and on the edge of my seat. And Richard Chamberlain is plain hot.
A throwback to the bad old days.......2006-03-05
Once upon a time somebody released a movie called Raiders of the Lost Ark, which did very well at the box office. There was a scramble to cash in on its success, and so, some Hollywood types decided to re-make Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines with Richard Chamberlain and the relatively unknow Sharon Stone. It wasn't a bad movie, but it was no masterpiece either. As the making of the movie progressed, Miss Stone's garments kept shrinking in the wash. The makers, realising that this might save the box office receipts decided to accelerate the trend, and, halfway through one scene her Bombay bloomers miraculously transformed themselves in to hot pants.
Subseqently, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released and was a hit, to they released a sequel to King Solomon's Mines called Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, with the same cast as before, to cash in again.
Now you know that any movie with Lost City of Gold in the title is going to be a stinker, but will be saved by the continuing shrinking of Miss Stone's garments and the presence of bikini clad Amazons. Unfortunately, two things went wrong. One, Miss Stone's contract had a fully clothed clause in it and she remains overclad. Two, they sent the bloke who does the flower arrangements out to hire the bikini clad Amazons and he returned with a lot of his similarly inclined male friends clad in white pajamas instead. Result: insufficient crumpet!
They borrowed certain elements from Temple of Doom. Sharon Stone screams more than Kate Capshaw. There is a roller coaster ride through underground caverns, this time in a canoe instead of a mine cart. There are hapless native slaves in a mine and a lava pit for the sacrifices.
Otherwise the movie is a throwback to an earlier era of B movie making. In those old jungle movies, the blacks were in it to:
a. Shout menacingly and throw spears,
b. Provide the corpses, and.
c. Provide the comedy relief, unless there was a monkey called Cheeta.
In this movie there are:
a. blacks who shout and throw spears,
b. five Ashari warriors who play the part of the five green bottles sitting on a wall (Somebody actually says: "Oh, look! We've lost another Ashari."), and,
c. there is James Earle Jones providing the unintended comedy relief, in what is easily the worst performance of his otherwise distinguished career. Tarzan isn't in this one so somebody has to substitute for the monkey and James got picked.
There is also a beautiful princess. She is a goodie, so she is blonde. She has an evil sister, who is, naturally, brunette. So is the evil, if somewhat unkempt, high priest. In old westerns you could tell who the goodies and the badies were by the colour of their hats, but this isn't a western, so we have to rely on hair colour. There are no injuns either, so the blacks attack the fort. Oops, I mean lost city.
Much of the middle of the movie ended on the cutting room floor to keep it short, so the climactic bit doesn't make much sense, but don't worry, you can watch the trailer and see the missing bits. In fact, if you don't watch the trailer you won't see Dicky Chamberlain rescue the slaves or understand why the fort (sorry, city) is attacked.
In summary, this is a rather old fashioned jungle B movie. It's not terribly good, but if you are supposed to be mowing the lawn, and it is raining, this will get you out of the housework and give you a laugh or two. Some of the laughs will even be intentional.
Quality and Personal satisfaction of DVD (Allan Quatermain and the lost City of gold).......2006-02-23
Allan Quatermain and the lost city of gold DVD is of the highest quality and i am completely satisfied with
the product and i recommend it without reservation!
-M.E.
They actually put this on DVD?.......2006-01-14
Considering the many great films that have not made it on to DVD yet, that this boring and mind melting nonsense has made it is beyond belief.
Winner of the most boring historical "action-adventure" film set in Africa award, with Sharon Stone taking the honors for worst actress is said category.
The Kings Solomons Mines film is actually pretty good, the equal to the Indiana Jones films.
Since I love the genre, and since I liked the first film, this may be most horrific sequel I have ever had the painful displeasure to witness.
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