King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom

Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.

I’m going to be very blunt here: I HATED ‘King Solomon’s Mines’. As much as I like Richard Chamberlain, even he couldn’t save this atrocious film!

This ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ vs ‘High Road to China’ wannabe fails on every level. From the terrible acting to the ‘what the hell’ script, this was totally stupid and completely unbelievable. There’s action and adventure from the very beginning, but with so much stupidity it didn’t really matter.

I found ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ almost unwatchable. (In fact, it was!!). I literally didn’t enjoy a single scene and was tempted to hit the stop/eject button with every frame. Unconvincing acting. Amateurish dialogue. Very bad visuals. Very, very bad script. Dreadful humor and one-liners. This was one of the most annoying films I’ve had to endure. I NEVER want to see this again. I have absolutely NOTHING positive to say about this film. Ugh!!! (Americans might find this funny with their strange sense of humor…)

At the box office, ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ only earned $15 million on a $12.5 million budget.

Would I watch it again? Definitely not.