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5.8/10   1,001 votes
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Director:
Steve Boyum
Writers (WGA):
H. Rider Haggard (novel)
Steven H. Berman (television story)
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Release Date:
6 June 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure more
Plot:
An adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Lengthy but well done adventure more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Patrick Swayze ... Allan Quatermain

Alison Doody ... Elizabeth Maitland
Roy Marsden ... Captain Good
John Standing ... Dr. Sam Maitland

Gavin Hood ... Bruce McNabb
Sidede Onyulo ... Umbopa
Ian Roberts ... Sir Henry Curtis
Nick Boraine ... Ivan Fleekov

Hakeem Kae-Kazim ... Twala
Lesedi Mogoathle ... Gagool
Godfrey Lekala ... Khiva
Mesia Gumede ... Ventvogel

Langley Kirkwood ... Sergei
Morne Visser ... Petre
Robert Whitehead ... Bitter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:173 min
Country:
Germany | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M | Finland:K-13
Filming Locations:
Cape Town, South Africa more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The warrior that Quatermain fights towards the end of the movie was really a white man who was digitally painted black. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: About 42 minutes in, when they make camp for the night, just after Miss Maitland tries to pick up a lion cub: shot of night sky showing Ursa Major and Polaris which are not visible from South Africa in the southern hemisphere. more
Movie Connections:
Version of King Solomon's Mines (1986) (TV) more

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28 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
Lengthy but well done adventure, 13 June 2004
7/10
Author: Gene Bivins (gayspiritwarrior) from Los Angeles, California

This is a sprawling (4 hours) remake of the Rider Haggard story, with the usual added female and an extraneous subplot with Russian soldiers seeking a "Stone of Power" buried along with the treasure of King Solomon. It's very well shot, giving a vivid sense of the wide open spaces of Africa, and very well acted. Patrick Swayze is an excellent Alan Quatermain, and Allison Doody is attractive as Elizabeth Maitland, who hires Quatermain to help rescue her father. Sidede Onyulo as Umbopa, Gavin Hood as McNabb and the leader of the Russian soldiers (not named in IMDb's listing) are also memorable. For all that Hollywood can't leave a good story alone when they adapt it, this one is well told and, except that it's too long, I enjoyed it. 6/10.

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