Glad you mentioned Firewalker from 1986 starting Chuck Norris and Louis Gossett Jr but it should have made the list. I think it even had John Rhys Davies (Sallah) in it!
Don't forget the short-lived TV series Tales of the Gold Monkey starring Stephen Collins. Sure it was a TV show that only lasted one season, but it was clearly an Indiana Jones rip-off.
I had about 6 minutes of "Legend of the Four Crowns" living in my head rent free for about 30 years until I asked a forum to ID it for me. I had always assumed I imagined some of the images.
Dang, I started binging old Jackie Chan movies back in the day, and I never came across the Armor of God movies! These look fantastic, thanks for including them!
I discovered Operation Condor on one of those local TV Saturday afternoon movie blocks as a kid. The same channel showed the Five Deadly Venoms. Incredibly.
Fun fact: Sharon Stone got her part in King Solomon's Mines due to a misunderstanding during the casting process. Producer Menahem Golan wanted "that Stone woman," apparently referring to Kathleen Turner, who had just starred in Romancing the Stone. His words were misunderstood and Sharon Stone was cast instead. Imo the 1999 Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser is the best Indiana Jones clone ever made. It perfectly captures the spirit of Raiders of The Lost Ark.
@@scottneil1187 The 1999 Mummy is not really a remake of the movie with Boris Karloff. it's very loosely based on it, but the original is an atmospheric horror movie, whereas the 1999 movie is an action-adventure movie in the vein of the Indiana Jones movies, with some horror elements.
Just wanted to say, thank you so very much. You just put an end to a 40+ year search for a film that I saw as a child but never could remember the title or who starred in it, but I never forgot the visuals. The Treasure of the Four Crowns was a crazy ride for a kid. It's on bluray now! Ordered!
Abercrombie and Fitch used to basically be a sporting goods store. It is actually the store where Hemingway bought the gun he ended up shooting himself with later. Also pretty sure elephants actually make a noise like in that first movie
there was a film in the US called internal affairs, but it's not what the Departed was based on. the hong kong film, internal affairs, simply had the same title, but wasn't related in any other way.
@@movietimelines The Hong Kong film, which we both agree was adapted into The Departed, is called Infernal (with an F) Affairs not Internal (with a t) Affairs.
Jane and the lost city (1987) was a British "comedy" take based on a comic strip from the mid 40's to the mid 60's. It is the same kind of story, except they find ways to get the female lead stripped down to her underwear, Avoid unless you hate yourself.
Oh man, I'm always excited to see a notification for one of your Ripoffs/Clones videos, I love them so much! And this one was a gem! I'm always amazed how you manage to find these rare movies. But you forgot some: "Colorado Jim and the Haunted Caves of Fear", "California Bill and the Secret Cactus of Death", and of course "Vermont Greg and the Mystery of the Burned Lawns". 😅
Ha ha ha as soon as I saw this list I was like 'Jake Speed and King Soloman's mines have to be on here' I used to have JS on Video and the UK poster was Indiana Jones all over, bored the hell out of me when I watched it though, awesome cover, lousy film. King Soloman's mines was one of my favourites, I loved it, I might have to dig it up and give a watch as a middle aged old fart and see if it still holds up lol
Dude! I remembered seeing a film called king Solomon's mine! All I could ever find was a serious one. Nobody else ever knows what I'm talking about. Thanks for proving I'm not insane. Well, not in this particular instance
Mack bolan AKA The executioner was a series of paperback novels written back in the day I read a couple of them they're pretty entertaining as well as the adventures of Jake long-arm
@movietimelines well it was pretty funny I have never seen that movie so I'll take your word for it but awesome job on the video as always , I love horror movies but it's also always nice to get these random videos with other genres. Thanks for bringing us so many movies to revisit and find for the first time.
That's only part of it, Indy's look comes from High Road to China, a Reagan film from the fifties, inspiration also came from the adventure serials Lucas grew up on, just like Star Wars.
I’ve always meant to watch King Solomons Mine. I love the whole connection to Indy. Quatermain being the inspiration for Indy, then Sean Connery going on to play both Henry Jones Sr in Last Crusade and Alan Quatermain in LXG.
Check out Candle in the Tomb, Explore with the Note movies and series, and any of the mojin genre tomb robber movies the characters face traps and things that would kick Dr. Jones's backside.
Here in Brazil Jackie Chan was well known, Chinese movies used to air as fillers during dawn on open TV. There were lots and lots of Jackie’s movie at the VHS rental stores and I saw many of them when I was a kid. There were even Jackie Chan ripoffs like Jack Chan or Jackie Chen movies… 😂 I highly recommend Sir Henry Rider Haggard books with Allan Quatermain. They are really well written, fun and his descriptions of wild Africa are memorable (if I’m not mistaken, he didn’t know much about wild Africa, he lived in South Africa). Considering he was more in line with European Colonialists, he seemed to respect Africa and its people.
Wouldn't be betrer if you go back ck further in time an include on a future list 1954 "Secret of the Incas", a movie which was the most clear inspiration for the Indiana Jones character?
Is Phantom Lake High School from a movie or reality? I thought Tennessee Buck started OK as a B-movie knockoff...but holy crap does it take a dark, unpleasant turn. It cant really be fun after that. Apparently Keith David and David Keith used to get confused by casting directors. More than once they showed up to the same place and realized somebody made a mistake... I still need to see Armor of God.
Phantom Lake is from a series of films from Christopher Mihm. they're super low budget and extremely fun throwbacks to '50s cinema. i plan to do a video on them at some point.
I know it's technically not a complete Indy ripoff, but the first half of Godzilla and Mothra: the Battle for Earth is very obviously ripping off Indian Jones
I've been wondering how far down the list we had to get before we got to one I'd seen as a teenager. i've seen Jake Speed and the only thing I remember is that steel drum version of Maniac. I've also seen #1 on this list back in the day. I watch a lot of shitty movies. Don't judge me.
I've seen some bargain basement stuff, myself. For example, there was one on TV in the early 90s that I have *no* idea what the title or the plot were. I just know it involved a Z logo, and the walls of a house were oozing slime of some kind.
The only two Indiana Jones rip-offs I like, are King Solomon's Mines (1985) and it's sequel, with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone's hot blonde ass.
I have never looked to see who the director was on The Curse but had been meaning to for a while, after hearing about what Wil Wheaton and his sister endured on set. It’s very disappointing to find out it was David Keith. I’ll never see Firestarter the same way again and gladly take Zac Efron instead. I also won’t be watching his rapey Indiana Jones rip off.
