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Precious Find

  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
664
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Precious Find (1996)
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AdventureSci-FiWestern

Three adventurers leave Moon City and head towards the asteroids in search of gold.Three adventurers leave Moon City and head towards the asteroids in search of gold.Three adventurers leave Moon City and head towards the asteroids in search of gold.

  • Director
    • Philippe Mora
  • Writer
    • Lenny Britton
  • Stars
    • Rutger Hauer
    • Joan Chen
    • Harold Pruett
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    664
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Philippe Mora
    • Writer
      • Lenny Britton
    • Stars
      • Rutger Hauer
      • Joan Chen
      • Harold Pruett
    • 9User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Armond Crille
    Joan Chen
    Joan Chen
    • Camilla Jones
    Harold Pruett
    Harold Pruett
    • Ben Rutherford
    Brion James
    Brion James
    • Sam Horton
    Morgan Hunter
    • Salomon
    Don Stroud
    Don Stroud
    • Loo Seki
    Philippe Mora
    • Kosnikov
    Aleks Shaklin
    Aleks Shaklin
    • Zeke…
    Tim DeZarn
    Tim DeZarn
    • Freddie the Albino Man
    • (as Tim De Zarn)
    Anthony Guidera
    Anthony Guidera
    • Jumper #1
    Shay Duffin
    Shay Duffin
    • Poker Player #1
    Jonathan Ball
    • Poker Player #2
    David Michael O'Neill
    David Michael O'Neill
    • Poker Player #3
    John Dennis Johnston
    John Dennis Johnston
    • Bartender
    John Sobestanovich
    John Sobestanovich
    • Roger
    • (as Soby)
    Douchan Gersi
    • Claims Office clerk
    Bryan McMillen
    • Medic
    Buckley Norris
    Buckley Norris
    • Henry
    • (as Buckley Morris)
    • Director
      • Philippe Mora
    • Writer
      • Lenny Britton
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    5CaptainHamhock

    Mildly Entertaining Find

    It is about what you would expect to find in a cheap DVD (or even VHS) bin at a general store. It was likely made to be just that. A bunch of well known genre names, all past their peak days, mixed with some whats-is-names to ballance things out. Cheap production, with some minimal directing, and an old story that was tampered with to make is seem origional.

    I knew what to expect, I watched and I was entertained. What more do you expect from the cheap DVD bin? Starting with the story used for Treasure of The Sierra Madre.was not a bad idea. The gratuitous love interest for the main character was a bit weak, and it would have been less so if it had not followed to such a pedestrian conclusion. But, overal it was simply a low budget piece of unsurprising genre entertainment. Nothing to love or hate here, so a 5 of 10 rating.
    2waterloo-5

    No-go, don't see

    As a devoted fan of Rutger Hauer I've seen some crappy productions. This, a remake of a western in a sci-fi setting, tops them all. Can anybody tell me why asteroids have an atmosphere and why you would use a pick-ax when you go there by spaceship?
    Tfh_962

    gold,space,ninjas,what else is there?

    well i know i have seen them all now! , can anyone tell me why the space station has a pick-up truck in it on a ranch and what the hell that alein worm was that u never here of again ? was it left over from another set or something???????? i dont know what to think all kinds of stuff like that , but!!! i am thinking ,is this film made to be serious? thats the question ,cause if it was made to be like not stupid then the whole movie is undoubtably a peice of junk its got all the 2 dollar speical affects , crappy everything i think they lost the space station half way through so they replaced it with a ranch i mean u got to take your hat off to the crew , talk about not caring about there jobs or the movie,,,,,BUT if it is like made to be a peice of junk funny crap thing like plan 9 thing then it is undoubtably genius i mean it would be so hard to make a movie so crap it BECOMES !!good so i give it about a 3/10 u have to see it to believe it ,just make sure u dont except much in the way of science fiction , SO if u want to see a movie about Ninja Card playing gold miners who ride around in pick-up trucks on space stations then this movie is for U!!
    martinmarimba

    A poor effort to make an interesting SF

    Director Phillipe Mora is known, at least within the circle of serious movie audience, for his lack of talent so the low quality of this movie was no suprise to me. The movie was to say the least - naive. I personally am not a SF fan, but I can respect a properly made film in any genre. However, I find movies like these truely insulting. Forgive me if You're a Mora fan, but this, as I would like to call it, warning was ment for those who aren't and for those don't know anything about him. Rutger Hauer is a very tricky actor. Whenever I see his name in a credit block of a movie, I can't tell if it'll be a good one or the worst ever. So, if You like Rutger, better watch him in one of those good films where he's at his best and you can calmly skip this one.
    1william_blake

    for pete's sake what junk

    tell you the truth i don't really know where to start with this 'movie'. i don't know what's worst, the ridiculous acting that makes me wanna cry, the silly so called 'special effects', the worst directing job i've ever seen or the dialogue that made me get the bucket in the middle of the movie.

    i always thought of rutger hauer movies rather 'campy', but this one's so poor poor poor it's not even worth the tape it was recorded into, and it doesn't even make you laugh with it's poorness, it's just that poor.

    the only good thing about this movie was it's length, i couldn't have taken another minute of it.

    there's a better rutger hauer/joan chen movie that proves they CAN act,

    it's called blood of heroes, watch that instead.

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    Related interests

    Still frame
    Adventure
    James Earl Jones and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Sci-Fi
    John Wayne and Harry Carey Jr. in The Searchers (1956)
    Western

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Rutger Hauer and Brion James appeared in Blade Runner (1982).
    • Goofs
      The characters are mining for gold on an asteroid that's flying through space, but whenever they are on the surface, it looks like a canyon on Earth, complete with atmosphere.
    • Connections
      Remake of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
    • Soundtracks
      King For A Day
      Performed by Goldfinger

      Written by John Feldmann

      Produced by Jay Rifkin & John Feldmann

      Courtesy of MOJO Records

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1997 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fortune Hunters
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Republic Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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