King Solomon's Mines

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Summary: King Solomon's Mines
Review: To review this movie is to look at it from the view of a tongue-in-cheek or spoof of the original King Solomon's Mines made earlier with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr. I don't know whether it was meant to be but if you look at it from that viewpoint I think it was hilariously funny {particularly the first half}. I had never seen Richard Chamberlain's funny side before {although I know he has a great sense of humor} and he played it very well. Sharon Stone was a little giggly but good and John Rhys-Davies always plays a wonderfull villan. The last part was a bit unreal but followed somewhat in the same humorous vein. All in all it was a fun movie to watch.

Rating:
Summary: King Solomon's Mines
Review: To review this movie is to look at it from the view of a tongue-in-cheek or spoof of the original King Solomon's Mines made earlier with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr. I don't know whether it was meant to be but if you look at it from that viewpoint I think it was hilariously funny {particularly the first half}. I had never seen Richard Chamberlain's funny side before {although I know he has a great sense of humor} and he played it very well. Sharon Stone was a little giggly but good and John Rhys-Davies always plays a wonderfull villan. The last part was a bit unreal but followed somewhat in the same humorous vein. All in all it was a fun movie to watch.

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Summary: A fun loving, hilarious adventure that really entertains
Review: Vastly superior to its rather lackluster sequel ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THER LOST CITY OF GOLD (which was actually filmed back-to-back with this production), this entertaining and fun loving tribute (or some might say rip-off) of the Indiana Jones movies benefits (unlike its follow-up) by the sure hand and capable direction of veteran J. Lee Thompson (of the original GUNS OF NAVARONE) and a suberp supporting cast that includes the always entertaining and eminently watchable John Rhys-Davies and Herbert Lom as the two main villains, a Turkish slaver and a World War I era German Colonel respectively.
Based very loosely on the classic H. Rider Haggard adventure novel of the same name, this movie features Richard Chamberlain as adventurer Allan Quaterman who is recruited by the sexy and gorgeous Jessie Huston (played by a pre-famous Sharon Stone) to rescue her father who has fallen into the villains hands in attempt to locate the fabled King Solomon's mines.
What follows is a fast paced, fun and thoroughly entertaining adventure with some eye popping stunts and some truly cheesy special effects.
No matter though, this movie promises high adventure and entertaining escapism. Movie fans will have fun spotting references to other movies of the 1980s from the Indiana Jones adventures to 1983s FOOTLOOSE and that movies game of unintentional chicken.
I was one of the (evidently) few who actually made it to see this movie in the theaters on its release in 1985 and one who instantly picked it up on VHS. Of course when the DVD was released in February of this year I was there to instantly pick it up. Still fun after almost 20 years this DVD comes well recommended.