The Lost Empire
“A Roaring Adventure with Blistering Action and Eye-Popping Women!”
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Three women confront a villain's world-threatening scheme in Jim Wynorski's exuberant exploitation adventure. Sacred jewels, pulp gadgets and gratuitous detours compete for attention. The cast's enthusiasm helps, though the sexualisation and dated villain stereotypes make its 1980s influences very visible.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The rescue adventure has packed every available pulp ingredient into one suitcase.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 74
Synopsis and movie facts
A police officer and her two companions battle an evil genius with diabolical plans to destroy the world. Whoever can find the three sacred jewels can anticipate total power.
- Released
- 1984
- Directed by
- Jim Wynorski
- Running time
- 83 min
Starring
- Melanie Vincz as Angel Wolfe
- Raven De La Croix as Whitestar
- Angela Aames as Heather McClure
- Paul Coufos as Rick Stanton
- Robert Tessier as Koro
- Angus Scrimm as Dr. Sin Do / Lee Chuck
- Blackie Dammett as Prager
- Linda Shayne as Cindy Blake
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 100697. Review uses a different release year; the catalogue follows the canonical TMDB release date.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the slim plot, enthusiastic leads and borrowing from older pulp-villain stereotypes.
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