MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994)

MacGyver and his former college professor are first hunting some artifacts attributed to Zenon, an ancient scientist from Atlantis, and later the lost city of Atlantis itself.

Director:

Michael Vejar

Writers:

Lee David Zlotoff (created by), John Sheppard

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Brian Blessed, Sophie Ward

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Angus MacGyver
Brian Blessed	...	Atticus
Sophie Ward	...	Kelly Carson
Christian Burgess	...	Lord Cyril Cleeve
Oliver Ford Davies	...	Prof. Carson
Tim Woodward	...	Col. Petrovic
Kevork Malikyan	...	Zavros
Geoffrey Beevers	...	Academy Director
Hugh Quarshie	...	Inspector Rhodes
George Jackos	...	Sergeant
Andreas Markos	...	Greek Doctor
Barry McCormick	...	Detective

Storyline

MacGyver and his former college professor are first hunting some artifacts attributed to Zenon, an ancient scientist from Atlantis, and later the lost city of Atlantis itself.

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Plot Keywords:

balkan | die hard scenario | tv series reunion | hidden treasure | archeology | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ihmemies MacGyver: Kadonnut aarre

Filming Locations:

Englefield House, Theale, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gekko Film Corp.,Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions,Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Near the beginning, MacGyver and the professor escape from a shed using a rocket propelled Land Rover. The large derelict building is clearly Battersea Power Station in London.

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Goofs

When MacGyver is on the English taxi, he breaks the windscreen with his fist, but some shots it appears unbroken again.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Atticus: Look, right there. A chamber.
Angus MacGyver: Okay. I see it.
Atticus: Go on.
Angus MacGyver: Get off my foot.

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Connections

References Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

User Reviews

Some People Might Like It

This starts with Angus MacGyver and his old college professor Fat Shouting Actor Atticus going on a little jaunt to the Balkans to pick up some artifacts . You think being educated men Angus and Atticus would have picked up the artifacts before or after everyone in the region started killing one another but if they did that we wouldn't have a story . Strangely enough the first act is completely disposable and seems to exist only as a social conscience so we can hear MacGyver spouting lines like " mYou're committing ethnic cleansing , racial genocide " . Perhaps the worst thing about this is that you find yourself questioning if this is the right platform for people to be making these kind of speeches , I mean MACGYVER is supposed to be a fun show so should it be concerning itself with real life geo-political issues ? I mean in THE A TEAM no one came out with " The Republicans are obesessed with neo liberal market forces , so by helping ourselves we're not doing anything Reagan isn't doing " . You also can't help noticing that " The Balkans look suspiciously like Battersea Power Station in London . Guess where this sequence was filmed ?

After being hit over the head as to why ethnic cleansing and racial genocide are bad things MacGyver and Atticus depart " The Balkans " and go to London ( Ha Ha Ha But they've been in London the whole time - I meant another part of London ) where the plot is explained and Angus and Atticus embark on an adventure to an exotic location - Actually a quarry . A lot of people describe this TVM as an Indiana Jones rip off but it's more in keeping with DOCTOR WHO since no matter where in the universe the characters go it always ends up looking like a few minutes drive from London

Fans of MACGYVER might like this feature length adventure ( Most probably the 100 or so people who worked on it and gave 10/10 on this site ) but I didn't