King Solomon's Mines

Starring: Swayze, Patrick and Doody, Allison

Product Description

No one knew if the fabled tomb existed. Those who have searched for it never returned. It's been said that whoever finds it will become the richest soul on the face of the earth-some say, the most cursed. Now, one brave man, renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain (Golden Globe nominee Patrick Swayze, Ghost) has been hired to find out what is true, what is myth, and what is really buried in the darkness of King Solomon's Mines.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 707729128533
• Release Date: June 2005
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• Director: Boyum, Steve
• Starring: Swayze, Patrick, Doody, Allison
• Runtime: 2 hours, 57 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned; Color; NTSC
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Yet another variation

This time, Allan Quatermain (Patrick Swayze) and Elizabeth Maitland (Alison Doody) go looking for her father, Dr. Sam Maitland (John Standing). He is held prisoner by nasty natives, and they want his key to King Solomon’s mine. They are accompanied by a not-so-mysterious native Umbopa (Sidede Onyulo). On the way, they are encumbered by some bad guys with their own agendas. I will not go into detail, but those loyal to the book and/or familiar with the Stewart Granger movie version may be disappointed. Those uneducated may enjoy it to the end. Very few videos can match or beat a book. And this one does not. The screenwriter of the 2004 film adaptation of “King Solomon’s Mines” was Steven H. Berman. Yet it does most of the others' attempts as a variation on the story. Being long enough, it could have been the book. But it is someone else’s idea of what we want to see. This is worth watching as its own variation on the story; they added a few twists, turns, and characters. They are probably trying to as an Indiana Jones feel. Alison Doody was in an Indiana Jones movie.