Saturday, January 19, 2019

Movie review - "The Lost Empire" (1984) ***

Deliriously fun and over the top debut feature (as director) from Jim Wynorski, who clearly was worried he'd never get the chance to do it again so shoved the film full of everything he could possibly think of. The first shot is of a woman's cleavage and there's plenty of that; there's also a lost idol; a team of sexy women crime fighters; a homage to the Dr No spider scene (with a woman in underwear); a deserted island; terrorists taking hostages at school; religious cults; fortresses.

There's plenty of action and cleavage and silly humour. Occasionally it's too much of a smorgasbord, but the cast are game and it's fun.

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