Enjoyable sequel to The Land That Time Forgot which has square-jawed Patrick Wayne leading an expedition to find Doug McClure. He sails to the Antarctica then fliers in a plane with a spunky female journalist, a Brit and Shane Rimmer, that American actor who seemed to be in every second blockbuster of the 70s. While all the cavemen in Land were Neanderthals, wearing lots of make up, here there’s a tribe of basically humans – including a fetching cave girl with ridiculously expansive cleavage. Several of them speak English – apparently Doug McClure taught them (because that’s what you need to know when there’s only one English speaker on the land – English).
Like the earlier film this is an entertainingly silly tale with a real feel for adventure. There are too many flash backs to the American guy back at the plane and not as much action as in the other movies, but it is still rousing and the search of Doug McClure gives the film a strong narrative drive.
Wayne was supporting his Dad in movies back in the early 60s; he’s a handsome lunk but he’s not much of an actor – Doug McClure was better. So it’s good to see McClure back in the film – the fate of his character gives the movie some depth (Penhalgion’s is killed). Sarah Douglas tags along as a female reporter – I couldn’t pick her at first but she’s one of the three villains in the second Superman. (NB This is copyrighted to AIP not Amicus; presumably AIP took over or something – not that they’d have to buy the rights of a non-copyrighted work.)
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