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Title: Slow, Plodding, But Respectful and Beautiful
Review: "Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls" is slow in all respects. It is has the feel of a historical documentary. The finale is a bit of an anti-climax and lacks a big-budget punch.However, the scenery is filmed on or near the locations mentioned in the H. Rider Haggard book. The tribesmen (if that is not an offensive term) are real South Africans who live in a village that caters to tourists. The spoken non-English language is apparently genuine and not some Hollywood mumbo-jumbo. The "Making of" and other features, while short, almost make this a two-star movie.Viewed from a "we-have-two-weeks-to-make-a-movie" perspective, the movie works. However, the budget and time limitations reduce the movie to a one-star movie. So much potential was not realized.
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