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The Essential Indiana Jones Knock-Offs of the 1980s

January 2, 2026 by Tom Jolliffe

Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones imitators from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work again. Die Hard, aside from spawning four sequels, also inspired innumerable rip-offs. The same goes for Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian, Jaws, The […]

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Marvelous Indiana Jones Rip-Offs That Are Worth Your Time!

June 7, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents quality Indiana Jones rip-offs…. Star Wars wasn’t the only pop culture phenomenon that George Lucas had a hand in creating- cue Indiana Jones, an archaeologist/adventurer who made his debut in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Raiders went on to become a massive success, jumpstarting the Indiana Jones franchise. But […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Bloodstone, Firewalker, gwendoline, Indiana Jones, Jake Speed, jungle raiders, King Solomons Mines, Marvelous Videos, relic hunter, romancing the stone, Sahara, tales of the gold monkey, the hunters of the golden cobra, the librarian: return to king solomon's mines

Blu-ray Review – Firewalker (1986)

April 4, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Firewalker, 1986. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. Starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Sonny Landham, Will Sampson, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie. SYNOPSIS: A pair of hapless adventurers take on a job to find priceless Aztec gold but are pursued by a vengeful spirit who will stop at nothing to protect it. Back in […]

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