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Mother Lode

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A bush pilot (Nick Mancuso) and his girlfriend (Kim Basinger) search gold country and find a mad prospector (Charlton Heston) and his twin brother.
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Mike W It was an OK movie, but: Everything was dark, dialogue was difficult to understand with the heavy Heston accent. I thought Bassinger was terrible in her part. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/22/24 Full Review Audience Member Its an interesting and intense movie, perhaps it resorts to many clichés of the horror movies but definitely builds the desired claustrophobic atmosphere. directing could be better but it's acceptable. The time passes. Without some directing and script choices this movie would be near perfect. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Considering the little information on this movie that I could find I was expecting some hot garbage, but that's not what I found. It's not horrifying enough to be a horror, but it's a little more scary than a thriller so it ends up somewhere in the middle. It's surprisingly entertaining and Heston puts in a great murderer performance. The pursuit of a jackpot can leave some people out of touch with reality, and the pursuit of money itself is something that people regularly kill for, so the premise of the film works well. The score is actually really good for a movie I'd never heard of (came in a pack of Heston films) and though there is a bit of cheese in the film it doesn't really bring the film down too much. The flying scenes at the beginning were really pretty and I enjoyed the shots a lot. Good little underrated film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A quite tense, surprisingly well made film for first time director/long time actor Charlton Heston. Basically the story of a couple searching for Gold in Alaska & running into a mad Scotsman on a similar mission. Although it's low key & not sensational it's quite tense & keeps you on edge. It's a much better film than you expect & it just crashed & burned at the Box Office. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I really just dont know what to say about mother load.....dissapointed Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A bush pilot (Nick Mancuso) and his girlfriend (Kim Basinger) search gold country and find a mad prospector (Charlton Heston) and his twin brother.
Director
Charlton Heston
Producer
Fraser C. Heston
Screenwriter
Fraser C. Heston, Fraser C. Heston
Production Co
Agamemnon Films
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 8, 2012
Runtime
1h 41m
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