Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Jewel of the Nile, The (1985)- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito - Sequel to ROMANCING THE STONE again teams Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, this time for a rollicking adventure in the Middle East. Mostly…
King Solomon's Mines (1985)- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom… - Fairly lively adaptation of H Rider Haggard's classic African adventure yarn (filmed several times before), with Chamberlain and Stone dodging…
Romancing the Stone (1985)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas - Witty, fast–paced adventure through the South American jungle with Turner and Douglas well cast as made–for–each–other…
Runaway Train (1985)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay - Voight and Roberts are terrific as two ecsaped convicts who endure a nerve–jangling journey aboard an unstoppable locomotive. Based on a…
Bounty, The (1984)- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier… - Robert Bolt’s (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) version of the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ tale of Fletcher Christian’s (Mel Gibson) mutiny…
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984)- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm… - Tale of Tarzan (Christopher Lambert), is here evoked with a suitably steamy jungle atmosphere and festooned with Edwardian theories of 'social…
Shaka Zulu (TV Mini-series) (1984)- Dir. William C Faure
Feat. Robert Powell, Edward Fox, Henry Cele - Set in 19th century South Africa, this recounts the epic land wars between the Zulu tribes and European immigrants, with true TV mini–series…
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)- Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence… - Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasance and George Peppard cavort on and over the South Island in search of a 'McGuffin'.
Southern Comfort (1981)- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward… - A foolish National Guard unit encounter anything but Southern hospitality while on training manoeuvres in the Louisiana bayous. This allegory of the…
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)- Dir. John Derek
Feat. Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keefe - Famously atrocious 1980s retelling of the Tarzan story, with the lone distinction of featuring a semi–clothed Bo Derek. Playing the apeman,…
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