The Lost Empire (1985)

In a land in a distant past, three beautiful women, members of a lost tribe, battle a male genius with diabolical plans to destroy their "Lost Empire." If the victor can find the sacred jewels, they can anticipate total power.

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writer:

Jim Wynorski

Stars:

Melanie Vincz, Raven De La Croix, Angela Aames

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melanie Vincz	...	Angel Wolfe
Raven De La Croix	...	Whitestar
Angela Aames	...	Heather McClure
Paul Coufos	...	Rick Stanton
Robert Tessier	...	Koro (as Bob Tessier)
Angus Scrimm	...	Dr. Sin Do / Lee Chuck
Blackie Dammett	...	Prager
Linda Shayne	...	Cindy Blake
Kenneth Tobey	...	Capt. Hendry
Tom Rettig	...	Officer Robinson
Angelique Pettyjohn	...	Whiplash
Art Hern	...	Charles Chang
Anne Gaybis	...	Prison Referee (as Annie Gaybis)
Bill Thornbury	...	Rob Wolfe
Gary Don Cox	...	Horny Cowboy

Storyline

After officer Rob Wolfe is killed trying to stop a gang of ninjas from robbing a jewelery store, his sister, officer Angel Wolfe, vows to avenge his death. Her investigation leads her to the mysterious Dr. Sin Do, who is supposedly in league with an undead wizard named Lee Chuck. The doctor is holding a martial arts tournament on a secret island fortress, so Angel, after rounding up some of her martial-artist friends, enters the tournament in the hopes of finding Sin Do and Lee Chuck and bringing them to justice.

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Plot Keywords:

woman's neck broken | nudity | bare breasts | topless female nudity | catfight | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Horror | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

February 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Drei Engel auf der Todesinsel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harwood

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an interview with the director, Jim Wynorski, he said "I got my first break doing The Lost Empire for Plitt Theatres. The late owner, Henry Plitt (a decorated war hero), wanted to make a low budget sci-fi action picture as a tax loss. I never knew that when I made the show, so I put my heart and soul into the project. When it finally got completed, Plitt actually liked it enough to give it a wide theatrical release - where it actually made some money."

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie, the jewelry store proprietor fires seven shots from a six shot revolver.

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Quotes

Angel Wolfe: Is that a fact?

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Connections

Featured in Popatopolis (2009)

User Reviews

Worth it just for Raven

OK, this isn't a good film by any stretch of the imagination but you don't really get it for that do you? I bought it just to see Raven de la Croix as I remember seeing this when a youngster and her being this incredible figure of white on a horse (white star is her character name).

The plot and FX are laughable but the music was surprisingly better than expected almost sounding like the works of John Carpenter.

Unfortunately the film is only a 15 so there's no real sex but the image of Raven in some kind of very short, dream state when she has a snake draped round her neck is mind bendingly erotic and worthy of the purchase price.