| King of the Lost World | |
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| Directed by | Leigh Scott |
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| Written by | Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel) Carlos De Los Rios (Screenplay) |
| Starring | Bruce Boxleitner Jeff Denton Rhett Giles Steve Railsback Thomas Downey Chriss Anglin Freema Agyeman Sarah Lieving |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 90 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
King of the Lost World is a 2005 film produced by The Asylum. The film is a very loose adaptation of The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, but the film bears a closer resemblance to the remake of King Kong released in the same year, particularly as both center on a giant ape. Hence, King of the Lost World is a mockbuster of said film, a tradition that The Asylum usually undergoes. The film is described by its producers as "the classic story that inspired King Kong, Jurassic Park and Lost".
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A plane crashes in a remote jungle. Many survive, but the cockpit and the front end of the plane are nowhere to be found. The only way to call for help is to find the cockpit and radio a message.
Ed Malone (Jeff Denton) climbs a small hill and he sees the cockpit in the distance about a mile away. A group of people decide to leave the plane and head over to find the radio. John Roxton (Rhett Giles) leads a small group through the jungle. The rest of the passengers stay put in case a plane passes by.
The group arrives at the fuselage when they notice that its not the same plane they flew in. In addition, the radio and all other important instruments have been stripped and taken away. They are startled by the arrival of Lieutenant Colonel Challenger (Bruce Boxleitner), who managed to travel by himself all alone to the downed plane, still carrying a briefcase that he doesn't seem to want to part with.
The group continues on its way to find the cockpit and encounter a military plane. Challenger tries to turn one of the missiles into a flare gun, but fails. The group stops at a cavern for the night, where they are attacked by giant scorpions. Two of the group are killed, whilst the others flee for safety. As they escape from the caves, they are captured by a group of natives living in the jungle. It is soon learned that the natives have been stripping the aeroplanes to avoid any outside interference. The natives also turn out to be other people that had crashed a long time ago, and have developed a sacrificial rite to appease the creatures of the jungle.
The current sacrificial ceremony fails when a giant ape attacks the area. Many of the natives are killed and the group is able to escape, and spot military jets flying overhead who attack the giant ape, are destroyed in the process. With many of the group killed, Ed is now alone to try and defeat the ape.
Ed detonates a nuclear bomb left from one of the planes and successfully kills the ape, but also destroys their cockpit in the process, trapping the Ed, Rita, and Dana in the jungle. They contemplate dying in the jungle, to which Ed tersely replies: "Not today".