Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1986 "Richard Chamberlain returns in the sequel to 'King Solomon's Mines'"
4.6| 1h39m| PG| en
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After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
SnoopyStyle After King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) is in Africa and he's joined by Jesse Huston (Sharon Stone). Allan rescues a friend from masked locals and he tells him that his brother is still alive. They were searching for 'Lost City of Gold' and a lost white race. The masked men return to kill the friend. Allan goes off to find his brother and cancels traveling with Jesse to America for their wedding. Jesse is angry at first and decides to join him in the dangerous quest. Umslopogaas (James Earl Jones) and Swarma (Robert Donner) also join them.This continues the same problem in King Solomon's Mines. The racist tone is attributed to the source material and the satire that this movie is suppose to be. I reluctantly accept that explanation but it can't excuse the campy weak product. It is simply too poorly made. It's not funny for a comedy. As an adventure, this gets boring after awhile. This movie has too many questionable things.
Celticnationalist Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold is the sequel to King Solomon's mines which came out and flopped the year before.Richard Chamberlain is back as adventurer Allan Quatermain, this time he along with lover Jesse (Sharon Stone) are back in the wilds of Africa searching for his long lost Brother after he disappears seeking a lost White race.Having seen this I can say there is NO lost City of Gold - It's a building that looks like a Hospital and the 'race' consist of about 50 people in white dressing gowns, and there is no gold to be seen apart from a cauldron of sludge which is presumably Gold, with the villain of the piece played by Henry Silva hamming it up in a pathetic Diana Ross wig.Many people on here have asked how Quatermain manages to melt the Gold at the end through a mixture of axe hitting the roof & some lightning, I have NO idea and nothing is explained. How they managed to hire Oscar-nominated James Earl Jones to appear in this I'll never know, but I believe I read a trip to Africa sealed the deal.Lost City of Gold is yet another Film made by the prolific masters of mindless action Golan/Globus and their B Movie studio Cannon Films.Most people seem to despise this and its predecessor, because they ask and expect too much of a B-Movie - This, like the last is NOT supposed to be of Indiana Jones quality for Pete's sake - All a B-Movie has to do is entertain, something which this does from start to finish.Yes you can argue Its got a low budget, poor acting, plot holes and cheap and cheerful visual effects, but give it a break.Lost City of Gold was another flop which put paid to this franchise, that if taken in the right frame of mind, is cheesy fun.
Aaron1375 Why they made this sequel is anyone's guess, the first one was not exactly a huge hit or anything. By today's standards it may have warranted a direct to DVD sequel, but an actual movie release would have been out of the question. Quite frankly this movie should have been out of the question. Or at least maybe they could have worked on it a bit more before its release as it definitely has a rushed feel to it. The story has Alan Quartermane and his new wife (both of which played by the same actors) going in search of Alan's brother who had set out looking for the lost city of gold. Well they go in pursuit and go through some jungle adventures and some traps and the movie has the same fast pace as the first movie. It looks like it is going to be a cheap action movie, but one packed with enough thrills to keep one entertained, and then they make it to the city of gold and the movie just stops being entertaining. The story and everything about the movie bogs down in the city of gold as does the whole Richard Chamberline as Alan Quartermane series. Though one has to wonder how did such obviously low budget movies get their hands on some rather respectable actors and actresses. Granted, Stone is a rather newcomer at this point, but Chamberline and James Earl Jones are not.
ronnie0a I rate this film as about average for the genre at the time of production, although its major failures are from its adherence to the premise of the 1950 Stewart Granger version of King Solomon's Mines. King Solomon's Mines is a 20th Century modernization of the H. Rider Haggard novels set in the 19th Century. As a VERY LOW BUDGET African project, the two movies maintain the consistency of an imaginary Africa that may have seemed reasonable to a 19th Century English audience.I especially enjoyed some of the quips that reference a not so hidden casting of Hollywood camp in serious roles. Elvira is cast as Sorais, and Richard Chamberlain as Allan Quatermain declares on meeting her, "I've seen some amazing things in my life, but never anything to compare with this!" The films are full of the cliché scenes that filled Tarzan and earlier jungle films, clichés that have since become attached to the Indiana Jones films by those unfamiliar with the earlier genre. Some of the earlier jungle films were produced under extraordinary duress, and attempts here to produce tongue in cheek replicas of the earlier works can certainly be missed by those whose only familiarity with film is through the post 70s media.