Jane und die verlorene Stadt

To its credit, many of the supporting roles are played so well, we almost have a decent Indian Jones type movie.

Everything everyone says here is true, which just shows how subjective enjoyment of a film can be. Comparison is made to the Carry On films, which is close ... but the Carry On films really relish their everything-is-about-sex undertone, while Jane And The Lost City prefers the innocence approach. Yes, Jane loses her clothing half-a-dozen times, but it always feels a bit out of place -- as if they really wanted to go Indiana Jones, but were saddled with this pinup-girl concept.

For me, there were just enough good comic moments to sustain through the ones that fell flat (mainly Jasper Carrott's endless mugging). I've seen my share of not-very-good jungle films; this ranks just about right, with the occasional clothes-ripped-off seemingly punched in for novelty. I think it would have been funnier to make that a more central concept -- even to play with audience expectation by having it almost happen, then partially happen, then not happen when you expect it to, then happen to someone else, etc -- you see? A running gag should be explored for all of its possibilities, not just the same gag used as window dressing, then sold as main attraction.

Based on the UK comic strip 'Jane.' Jane (Kirsten Hughes) and the Colonel (Robin Bailey) journey to find the lost city. That is the city that is lost and is said to have diamonds. It is WWII and the NSDAP's top cutie spy (Maud Adams) and her entourage are also in the trail.

Move over Indiana Jones; Jane is on her way. As cute as Jane is with her outer garments dispatched periodically in unpredictable ways, The Leopard Queen (Elsa O'Toole) can give Kirsten Hughes a run for her money when it comes to ogling.

So, are there diamonds?

And is there a possible sequel?

This film has just the right amount of campiness.

Lots of good references to knowable films and books.

Excellent evacuated character types.

Good disposable wardrobes.

A good plot and follow through.

Keeps your attention all the way through.

If you use fast forward you will miss it.

I remember watching this year's ago on T.V. one quiet Sunday afternoon. This is one of those films that are so bad their good. I can't imagine why all involved thought this would be a good idea. It looks cheap and is terribly edited (there's a plane crash early on where you don't actually see crash). Every single performance is appalling though Jasper Carrot has to be singled out as worst offender (shouting your every line in a awful German accent just isn't acting). The whole thing is just so terrible you can't help but laugh at it, trying to guess what the next plot contrivance will be to allow Jane's clothes to be ripped off her yet again. I highly recommend this film and suggest you all try and watch it as soon as possible.

A dazzling performance from director, Terry Marcel.

What could be called, "A demonstration of GENIUS", this will thrill all viewers regardless.

Excellent.

10/10 from Paco.

Anybody unfamiliar with British comic strips of the 40s and 50s might find this movie trite and contrived, but that was the way the strips played. Lost cities, buried treasure, wicked Eurotrash countesses, etc. etc., all of the usual comic strip clichés are here. The movie's creators worked hard and generally succeeded in capturing the original strip's silly tone and obvious contrivances - Jane loses her dress about every other scene and has to cavort about in embarrassment in her lingerie, and her hunky Jungle Jack boyfriend gets hit on the head or chained to a wall and needs rescuing by his distaff partner almost as often. The cast play the silly lines and sight gags with appropriately straight faces, and the result is a fairly obvious but entertaining comedy of an older fashion, rather like a vintage Carry On movie but in color.