If you loved Battle for the Planet of the Apes, try King Solomon's Mines
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by J. Lee Thompson, and they sit in Action territory. If that's the register that drew you to Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What King Solomon's Mines is
A 19th-century Indiana Jones prototype sets off with a Victorian femme fatale to find a missing daddy. Along the way they dodge crocodiles, spear-wielding tribes, and a monocled mercenary who mistakes charm for competence. Mercifully no one mistakes the plot for literature.

