The Land That Time Forgot (2009)
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The Land That Time Forgot is a 2009 science fiction film by The Asylum. The film is a modern adaptation of the 1918 classic Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, and a re-make of the 1975 Amicus film starring Doug McClure. As with many recent Asylum films, this might be considered a mockbuster, made to capitalize on a larger-budgeted film with a similar name - in this case the 2009 film Land of the Lost.
The film takes place in the present, when two newlywed couples are enjoying a charter boat cruise through the Caribbean. Passing through a bizarre storm, they emerge off the shore of the mysterious island of Caprona.
The island, which seems to exist within a time void inside the Bermuda Triangle, is full of anachronistic inhabitants, including dinosaurs and a crew of a stranded German U-Boat. The newlyweds, along with the charter boat's captain and the Germans, must battle a variety of obstacles to escape the island and get back to their own time.
Burroughs' novel itself was arguably an attempt to capitalize on the success of earlier Lost World stories by Jules Verne (The Mysterious Island) and Arthur Conan Doyle (The Lost World), among others. When the Amicus film became a hit, its success coincided with the 1970s Land of the Lost TV series by Sid and Marty Krofft. The 1991 TV revision of Land of the Lost starred Timothy Bottoms, who also stars in the 2009 Asylum film, which itself appears timed to be released on DVD at around the same time as the comedically re-imagined big-budget Land of the Lost film starring Will Ferrell. info (c) wikipedia.org