It is a performances centric movie

Admirable film.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A few years after the events of "The Land that Time Forgot", adventurer Ben McBride (John Waynes' hunky son Patrick Wayne) is launching an expedition to find and rescue his good friend Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure). Fortunately, he finds the isolated island, where cavemen still exist and dinosaurs still roam, without much trouble. He learns that he will have to battle with a rather advanced, villainous prehistoric people who are holding Bowen prisoner.Admittedly, this sequel to "Land", based on the writings of Edgar Rice Burroughs, is pretty juvenile, dopey, and lightweight. There's not much in it that will really scare younger viewers. The monsters are fairly plentiful, but not that threatening. The special effects may not be terribly convincing, but this viewer will still take these sorts of effects over most CGI any day. Good visuals, reasonable excitement, and a mild sense of wonder help to keep things entertaining. Alan Hume is the cinematographer who gives us the colorful lighting, Maurice Carter the production designer who supplies the amusing sets (this was shot both on location in Spain and at Pinewood Studios), and John Scott contributes the appealing, rousing music score.Wayne is a decent hero, while Sarah Douglas (as Charly the photographer) and well endowed Dana Gillespie (as the cavegirl Ajor) supply highly appreciated eye candy. Douglas is best known for playing the villainous Ursa in "Superman" 1 and 2, so it's interesting to see her in this leading lady role, before she really hit it big. Thorley Walters is delightful, as usual, as a professor tagging along, and Canadian actor Shane Rimmer supplies some comedy relief in the role of Hogan. Among other things, Hogan talks to himself in order to deal with loneliness, and keeps a running tally of the pterodactyls that he's shot down. There's a few familiar actors in smaller roles, too: John Hallam, David "Darth Vader" Prowse, Richard LeParmentier, Milton Reid. It is nice to see McClure reprise his role of Tyler from the first film.It's not great cinema, but it's not trying to be. It's just good, simple, likable escapism.Seven out of 10.

The Land That Time Forgot was a surprisingly decent entry into the lost world of cavemen / dinosaurs adventure genre of the 70s, but this paint- by-numbers follow-up is nothing special. Block of wood celebrity offspring Patrick Wayne leads a band of rescuers in search of first movie survivor Doug McClure. The resulting chases, fights, narrow escapes etc. are the usual stuff of adventure movies, but the stunt choreography comes off as ordinary and uninspired. Oh-so-British Sarah Douglas is along as one of Wayne's crew but she has little to do here other than stand around looking uncomfortable. And the Lost Land itself, an important and colorful presence in the first film, is less imaginatively conceived this time around. Not a bad time waster when you have nothing better to do for a couple of hours, but try not to expect too much in the way of visionary fantasy. It isn't here.

Before 'Star Wars' came along, '70's sci-fi movies were fairly bleak and pessimistic about Man's future, such as 'Zardoz', 'Soylent Green' and 'The Final Programme'. But there were one or two family fantasy movies about, such as the trilogy based on the novels of 'Tarzan' creator Edgar Rice Burroughs that began with 'The Land That Time Forgot' ( 1975 ). Produced by John Dark and directed by Kevin Connor, with American he-man Doug McClure as the lead, they were mocked in 'Red Dwarf', but four decades on still manage to work as entertainment, and were made on low budgets which makes them all the more remarkable.'People' begins with an expedition to the Arctic wastes to locate Bowen Tyler ( McClure ). The crew includes Ben McBride ( Patrick Wayne, son of John ), an old friend of Tyler's, Hogan ( Shane Rimmer ), an alcoholic pilot, Norfolk ( Thorley Walters ), a bumbling scientist, and Lady 'Charly' Cunningham ( Sarah Douglas, sporting a pre-'Princess Leia' hairstyle ), a crusading feminist news woman ( who is only there as her uncle's newspaper is funding the trip ). Taking to the sky in a plane, they are attacked by a Pterodactyl and are forced to land. According to Tyler's journal ( which was found in a bottle off the coast of Scotland ), this island is Caprona, and is inhabited by prehistoric monsters and primitive tribes people. Among the latter is stunningly sexy jazz singer Dana Gillespie as 'Ajor', who looks like she has fallen off the front cover of 'Cave Girl Monthly'. As you can probably guess, our heroes must battle both monsters and tribes people alike in a bid to survive. This was the 'Indiana Jones' of its day. The nice thing about these movies is that they are not camp, though they have humour. McClure does not show up until an hour into the picture ( a good thing some might say ) and then gets himself killed. As 'McBride', Wayne is no De Niro but does need to be ( he does look astonishingly like John Barrowman though! ). It was made in an era where heroes in movies did not suffer from angst, hence we are not treated to long-winded accounts of how McBride is racked with guilt over his brother's death ( or whatever ). The characters are one dimensional, and the film is better for it. Thorley Walters is, a ever, a delight to watch, and what can I say about Sarah Douglas except "Phwoar!". Mind you, she gets strong competition in the eye candy department from Gillespie.It goes without saying that special effects have improved leaps and bounds since this was made, but that's no reason ( not in my book ) to dismiss the movie as rubbish. Good effects don't necessarily mean a good movie. Dark and Connor made two more films together ( one with McClure ): 'Warlords Of Atlantis' ( 1978 ) and 'Arabian Adventure' ( 1979 ), both derived from original scripts by 'Dr.Who' writer Brian Hayles.If you decide to watch this, have a big box of popcorn handy ( just be careful you don't choke when Gillespie appears. Obviously they had not invented underwear on Caprona yet! ).

At the beginning of the film are reunited captain Lawton (Tony Britton) piloting his icebreaker along with McBride (Patrick Wayne), Lady Cunningham (Sarah Douglas) and Norfork ( Thorley Walters) , everybody undergoing an expedition to Antartic in search for Tyler (Doug McClure) who has been missing in that region for various years. The trio (Patrick Wayne , Sara Douglas, Thorley Walters) along with a plane pilot descend over a barren land and meet a primitive women (a gorgeous Dana Gillespie with amazing cleavage showing her boobs). They have to deal with numerous risks, dangers, endure torrential landslide,volcano, cavemen warriors, prehistoric animals and discover a lost tribe .This enjoyable adaptation is a special version of the Edgar Rice Burroughs adventure yarn . There are rip-roaring action, spirit of adventure, derring-do, thrills, and results to be quite amusing. It's a brief fun with average special effects , passable set decoration , functional art direction and none use of computer generator. This fantasy picture packs thrills, action, weird monsters, lively pace and fantastic scenarios. The monsters are the real stars of this production and its chief attribute. The tale is silly and laughable but the effects and action are quite well. Among the most spectacular of its visuals there are a deeply shrouded cavern full of skulls roaring menacingly towards the camera, a little tableau comprising attack of a giant monster in a cave, and the futuristic backgrounds of nasty headquarter .Highlights of the adventure includes a roller-coaster trip, appearance of prehistoric reptile such as Pterodactilus, Stegosaurius, Tiranosaurious and some horsemen dressed Samurai-alike riding out from mountain throughout horizon . In addition the final scenes where appears a grotesque executioner played by David Prowse (Darth Vader), a dwarf and usual villain chief and several others. Some illogical parts in the argument are more than compensated for the excitement provided by Roger Dicken's monsters, though sometimes are a little bit cheesy. Filmed in glimmer cinematography by Alan Hume on location in Santa Cruz De La Palma (Canary Islands) and Pinewood studios , England. Adequate and stirring musical score by John Scott. This is the fourth collaboration between producers John Dark, Max Rosemberg and director Kevin Connor who also made in similar style : ¨ Land that time forgot¨, ¨All the Earth's core(76)¨, ¨Warlord of Atlantis(1978)¨, mostly starred by Doug McClure and with Dicken as the monster-maker. The film will appeal to kids who swallow whole and sit convulsed in their armchair.