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Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008)

R 04/29/2008 Romance, Adventure, Action 1h 38m
34%
User
Score
2.5/10

Overview

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.

Mark Atkins

Director

Matthew Alson Thornbury

Screenplay

David Michael Latt

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Sean Cameron Michael

Sean Cameron Michael

Allan Quatermain

Christopher Adamson

Christopher Adamson

Hartford

Natalie Stone

Natalie Stone

Lady Anna

Daniel Bonjour

Daniel Bonjour

Sir Henry Curtis

Wittly Jourdan

Wittly Jourdan

Umbopa

Nick Everhart

Nick Everhart

Neville Heresford

Thomas Fakude

Thomas Fakude

King Twala

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on June 1, 2020

_**Grim, low-budget version of “King Solomon’s 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 Solomon’s Mines in remote southeast Africa. Unfortunately for them, an evil mogul wants the map they’re 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 some cartoony dreck (e....

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 4, 2022

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 lifeline for this totally unnecessary re-versioning o...

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