Lost City Raiders
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lost City Raiders |
| Original title | Lost City Raiders |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean de Segonzac |
| script | Jean de Segonzac Torsten Dewi |
| production |
Marlow De Mardt Brigid Olen |
| music | Gert Wilden, Jr. |
| camera | Giulio Biccari |
| cut |
Hans Funck Scott Powell |
| occupation | |
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Lost City Raiders is a German television film from 2008. The ProSieben production, directed by Jean de Segonzac , is an adventure film set in the future .
action
Due to global warming , sea levels rose so much in 2048 that most of the world is under water. John Kubiak runs a salvage company with his sons, the diver Jack and the coordinator Thomas. In Los Angeles Bay , Jack pulls an old book out of the water. The trio then travels to Rome and John goes alone to the new Vatican , where he presents the book to Cardinal Battaglia. It provides clues to a mysterious scepter . According to this, the relic is in the monastery Casa di Santo Stefano, which is half under water due to the flood. However, the cardinal suggests that they have a dangerous competitor in their search.
Together with Jack, John fetches a box from the sunken monastery, but when he gets back to the cardinal, he discovers that the box only contains a sword. A little later he learns from Battaglia that the sword belonged to a Templar named Mercadier , who is buried in Dresden . Jack's ex-girlfriend Giovanna Becker now works as a scientist and is hired by the unscrupulous businessman Nicholas Filiminov. Filiminov promises to fund her research if she finds the scepter for him. Giovanna accepts the offer.
Both groups go to Dresden with their ships. John and Jack find Mercadier's grave and a scroll in a room hidden below. Giovanna surprises her and steals the document. John tries to stop the enemy with a shock grenade , but is buried himself under a stone slab. Jack recaptures the scroll and escapes the pursuers. He's going back to the Vatican with Thomas.
Battaglia tells them the story of the scepter there. It is about the Sobek scepter , with which the Egyptians controlled the water level of the Nile . Moses later received it from Ramses II and used it when he left Egypt to divide the Red Sea . Battaglia now wants to stop the flood. Mercadier's document on the Crusade shows that the scepter is with Richard the Lionheart . However, the king's remains are scattered in three places. Jack thinks the whole thing is nonsense. But then Battaglia reveals to him that he and John belonged to an order that was looking for the scepter. Jack and Thomas' birth parents also died in the search. After Thomas and later Giovanna have talked to Jack, he is ready to continue the mission.
The brothers hire Cara, whom they had previously met as a waitress in a bar, as the new machinist for their ship. In the Vatican, Battaglia reveals Father Giacopetti as a traitor, but he can save himself for the time being by jumping into the water. After Cara got a spare part for the ship, the group drives to Fontevrault Abbey , where they suspect the scepter. But their opponents had the same idea and were faster. They bring Richard the Lionheart's sarcophagus onto the ship and Filiminov finds the scepter in it. He wants to control the tide in order to sell the remaining dry land dearly. Giovanna tries to stop him, but is overwhelmed by his assistant and sunk in the sarcophagus.
Meanwhile, Thomas has repaired the sonar and discovers Giovanna as a heat source next to the diving Jack who is saving his ex-girlfriend. This is now working with the brothers. They embark on Filiminov's ship and acquire possession of the scepter. Meanwhile, Cara rams Filiminov's ship, which goes down with its owner. When Giovanna examines the scepter with Jack and Thomas, a picture of Pangea appears and she recognizes points of convergence of cosmic energy. This should make it possible to influence the plate tectonics so that the tide can be lowered. Giovanna locates one of the convergence points in a cave near Saint-Étienne .
Jack, Thomas, Giovanna and Cara find the cave and discover a room with a deep hole in the middle. From drawings on the walls, Giovanna realizes that an explosion has to be created to move the tectonic plates. It was precisely on such a theory that she recently worked as a scientist. The group stands on a natural gas storage tank that can be used for blasting. To do this, Giovanna puts the scepter into a device that triggers a mechanism. The adventurers are about to leave the cave when Jack sees Giacopetti. The priest had overheard the conversation on the ship and followed the group secretly because he wanted to keep the tide safe. In a tough fight, Jack Giacopetti plunges into the abyss and saves the scepter. There is a gigantic explosion and the water flows away through the newly formed gorge.
The brothers and the two women can save themselves. As they celebrate their success over a meal together, they learn from Battaglia that the sea level has not fallen everywhere and that they therefore have to visit many other convergence points.
criticism
The critics rated the film rather negatively. The lexicon of international films describes Lost City Raiders as a “(k) made-up (television) science fiction adventure with borrowings from disaster and fantasy films” Andre Mielke writes in his review on Welt online , with reference to the film title: “The sounds like an aquatic Indiana Jones variant and works like this, only cheaper. ”The film is“ staged in an uninspired way and played according to its substance ”. Kurt Sagatz from Tagesspiegel sees "Bettina Zimmermann on the trail of Lara Croft " and considers the "story [as] at least as far-fetched as with Angelina Jolie ".
production
The film was made in collaboration between ProSieben and Tandem Communications for six million US dollars. The film was announced in 2006, but was not made until April 2008. Most of the filming took place in Cape Town .
synchronization
The German dubbing took place at PPA Film GmbH Pierre Peters-Arnolds in Munich.
| role | actor | German speakers |
|---|---|---|
| John Kubiak | James Brolin | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Jack Kubiak | Ian Somerhalder | Ozan Unal |
| Thomas Kubiak | Jamie Thomas King | Johannes Raspe |
| Nicholas Filiminov | Ben Cross | Oliver Stritzel |
| Cara | Élodie Frenck | Maria Koschny |
publication
The world premiere of the film took place on October 31, 2008 on ProSieben and reached 2.73 million viewers, of which 1.87 million were advertising-related, which meant a market share of 17.4%. In the US , the film ran on November 22, 2008 on Syfy . The DVD was released in Germany on November 13, 2008. In the USA, the film was released on DVD on January 26, 2010.
Web links
- Lost City Raiders in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lost City Raiders in the online movie database
Individual evidence
- ^ Lost City Raiders. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Andre Mielke: "Lost City Raiders" is Indiana Jones for the poor. Welt online, October 31, 2008, accessed July 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Kurt Sagatz: Pro 7 saves the world. Der Tagesspiegel, October 31, 2008, accessed on July 2, 2016 .
- ↑ ProSieben presents the program for 2008/2009
- ^ ProSieben: "Lost City Raiders" as a German premiere. kino.de, October 30, 2008, accessed July 2, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Lost City Raiders in the German dubbing index
- ↑ Primetime check: Friday, October 31, 2008
- ↑ Lost City Raiders at Amazon.de
- ^ Lost City Raiders (2009) at Amazon.com