Synopsis: Three street wrestlers agree to help a young woman find her archeologist father who went missing while searching for King Solomon's mines. Another man joins them. They face several obstacles and dangers during their journey, the most terrible of which is a witch who will do anything to recover the medallion that the treasure seekers hold and which contains an important clue to the treasure's location. They overcome all these obstacles and many more; they, for instance, must cross a lake by walking on a log without falling neither to the left - they would get younger - nor to the right - they would get older; lastly they engage the help of an old tractor, which is used to destroy an entire African village where the archeologist is being held captive.
Appraisal: I was taken by surprise by the overall poverty of this kids-targeted adventure. Yet it has an undeniable liveliness to it that was probably partially responsible for its big success at the time of its release. I say 'partially' because one of the reasons for said success is the casting of then-famous TV comics, whose mass appeal was practically immediate. With little regard to logic, both in plot and in dialog, it is nowadays more suitable for group viewing, whereby people would gather to laugh at its primitiveness and flaws. For example, at one point, the girl in distress asks: "Why doesn't he turn this medallion over and free us?" and it's hard not to laugh, since there is indeed no plausible reason for them to keep that medallion - its information could have been copied long ago, and since it would be going back to its original owners, it would not tell them anything they hadn't already known.
Rating: 20
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