Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls

  • Romance
  • Adventure
  • Action
4/29/2008
98
R

Storyline

Filmed on location in South Africa, a retelling of H. Rider Haggard's classic novel "King Solomon's Mines," featuring the adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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Budget:
$50,000

Cast

Reviews

  • Wuchak

    Grim, low-budget version of King Solomons Mines shot in South Africa

    Needing quick cash to get his son through college, Allan Quartermain (Sean Cameron Michael) accepts a gig to help a young noble woman (Natalie Stone) & her beau (Daniel Bonjour) find her lost brother who was on an expedition to find the legendary King Solomons Mines in remote southeast Africa. Unfortunately for them, an evil mogul wants the map theyre using (Christopher Adamson).

    Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) was put out by The Asylum just before Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull debuted. The company is notorious for releasing cheap knockoffs of major releases to steal some of their thunder. The Asylum has certainly put out ...

    June 1, 2020
  • Geronimo1967

    A straight remake of H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" that really does beggar belief! Aside from some decent location photography, this is about as action free an adventure film as I think I have ever seen. A mean and moody Sean Cameron Michael takes the title role, with Christopher Adams really pretty hammy as baddie "Hartford"; Natalie Stone pouts magnificently as "Lady Anna" with the weak and feeble, almost preppie, Daniel Bonjour ("Sir Henry") bringing up the rear as they search for the latter man's long lost brother "Neville" (Nick Everhart). Simply, this is an howler with virtually no redeeming features aside from being marginally less static than my television screen-saver. The dialogue and score offer little by way of a lif...

    June 4, 2022

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