King of the Lost World (2005)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Leigh Scott

Writers:

Carlos De Los Rios (writer)
Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)

Release Date:

13 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot. |

Plot Keywords:

Plane Crash | Female Nudity | Gun | Magnetic Field | Giant Ape

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Lt. Challenger
Jeff Denton	...	Ed Malone
Rhett Giles	...	John Roxton
Sarah Lieving	...	Rita Summerlee
Christina Rosenberg	...	Dana
Steve Railsback	...	Larry
Chriss Anglin	...	Olo
Amanda Ward	...	Natalie
Boni Yanagisawa	...	Tianka
Andrew Lauer	...	Steven (as Andy Lauer)
Thomas Downey	...	Reggie (as Tom Downey)
Amanda Barton	...	Taylor
James Ferris	...	Yuri
Jennifer Lee Wiggins	...	Etienne (as Jennifer Wiggins)
Angela Horvath	...	Chrissy

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some creature violence and brief nudity.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Pikake Gardens - 15515 Villa Sierra Road, Valley Center, California, USA

Company:

Asylum, The

Goofs:

Factual errors: The wrecked plane identified as an "F-18 Navy fighter" is actually an A-3 Skywarrior, an older and much larger US Navy plane used in the Vietnam War as a bomber and jamming aircraft.

Movie Connections:

References King Kong (2005)

Blatant Attemtpt to Cash In on Jackson's King Kong

Supposedly based on Sir Arthur's "Lost World", this film must have him spinning in his grave. The only resemblance are the character's names and the Amazon jungle setting. This lost world is best described as an episode of TV's 'Lost" as written by your local college frat house. The King, or giant ape of the title, is constantly referred to as he, or him, never by name. At one point Bruce Boxleitner asks who "he" is and one of the natives, who look like frat house refugees, replies "you can not speak his name." Obviously as doing so would have involved a lawsuit for copyright infringement. I should mention that for the entire duration of the film, all 75 minutes, the "King's" screen times amounts to approx. 2 minutes. The remaining 73 minutes are filled with endless babble from bad actors on how they are going to get out of the jungle. Additionally the SFX are on the same level as the acting. This movie needs to be permanently lost!