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King Solomon's Mines [Import]

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This time Allan Quatermain (Patrick Swayze) and Elizabeth Maitland (Alison Doody) go after her father Dr. Sam Maitland (John Standing). He is held prisoner by nasty natives and they want his key to King Solomon's mine. They are accompanied by a not so mysterious native Umbopa (Sidede Onyulo). On the way they are encumbered be some bad guys with their own agendas.

I will not go into detail but those loyal to the book and/or familiar with the Stewart Granger version may be disappointed. Thos uneducated may enjoy it to the end.

Very few videos can match or best a book. And this one does not. Yet it does top most of the others attempts as a variation on the story. Being long enough it could have been the book. But it is someone else's idea of what we want to see. This is well worth watching as its own variation on the story they added a few twists turns and characters. They are probably trying to as an Indiana Jones feel. Alison Doody was in the Indiana Jones movie.

Received the DVD of King Solomon's Mines. A good yarn, better than most of the earlier versions.

I just rented this movie on the weekend. I didn't even know that it had been made/released. The only other version I have seen is the one with Richard Chamberlain/Sharon Stone, which was also excellent. This version really got to me and I think Patrick Swayze was perfect as Allan Quatermaine. The only criticism I have is for the writers of this movie and the other version (even League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) where they always refer to him as Allan Quartermaine when, if you have read the book, you know it should be Allan Quatermaine.

I watched this movie at my freinds house and it was not that bad. It was ok made sence and had good acting but 30 out of 1 I would give it a 27 myself. It was so much better than that movie i watched yesterday (python)It was very stupid. well bybyby!

Let me start off by saying that this is amother winner for Hallmark. I don't feel that this one got enough publicity, though, because it was overshadowed by "La Femme Musketeer" airing a week later.
Anytime you think of Patrick Swayze, you think of either "Ghost" ot "Dirty Dancing", but he does quite a good job in this film as Allan Quartermain. Allison Doody (Elizabeth Matiland) also did a great job, and it doesn't hurt that she's beautiful. My personal favortite is Keketso Semoko (Momma Tuussee). Any scene that she's in, she steals.
Hallmark used some beautiful scenery in this film; Going from the forest to the desert, it all looks wonderful. This is another Hallmark movie that you don't want to miss. It's always hard to follow the original film, but they somehow managed to pull it off.