I predatori della pietra magica (1988) Online

Two mercenaries are hired to steal a magic ivory {something} for an old rich guy. The object is located deep in North Vietnam and surrounded by enemies. The two mercenaries become an unstoppable force and kill all who they encounter. Be it Vietcong, other mercenaries, monks, or witch doctors. It has your typical B movie shoot outs, where the bad guys can't hit anything, and the good guys mow people down by the dozens. The dialog is corny and filled with nonsensical one liners. The English dubbing makes the performances even more hilarious. The plot goes from believable to mind bogglingly weird. If any of this sounds awesome to you then I highly recommend that you track this movie down and see it.

Captain Rogers (Mitchum) - whose nickname is "Sugar" (we know; very manly) was a commander in Vietnam and is now a mercenary. Together with his buddy Mark (Ahrens), the two men accept a job from an "elderly Chinese gentleman" named Lee Chang. Chang instructs the two men to go deep into hostile jungle territory to retrieve a magical tablet. Chang says if he doesn't have the tablet at the time of his death, his family will be cursed for a thousand years. He offers the two men a substantial amount of money and off they go. While slogging it out in the jungle, the pair encounter black magic rituals and end up saving Mei Lai (Mendez) from being sacrificed. After some more trials and tribulations where they end up mowing down baddies with their machine guns, they end up learning the truth about the mysterious tablet...but is it too late? Raiders of the Magic Ivory (or Predators of the Magic Stone, in case anyone gets confused by its alternate title) shows that Jim Mitchum can enter the pantheon of actors who openly don't care while on screen. Some others being David Carradine, and the father of them all, Burt Reynolds. Here Mitchum has an overgrown and possibly asymmetrical mustache that makes him look like a sillier Stacy Keach. But obviously the title is meant to recall a certain Harrison Ford adventure movie...but here there is very little raiding going on here, their predominant means of doing their job seems to be shooting their machine guns. But perhaps "Shooters of the Magic Ivory" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

We love Mitchum, Code Name: Zebra and Hollywood Cop are classics. But he's no Indiana Jones. He's more of a "fat guy in a Hawaiian shirt". Or possibly "mustachioed guy in a kimono". And we mean that in the most appreciative way possible. His monosyllabic line readings, about 75% of which consist of the line "Let's get outta here" are so droll they become funny very quickly. The doltish dialogue is definitely a movie highlight. It's so amazingly dumb you just have to appreciate it.

When our heroes aren't paddlin' down a river or fighting black magic monks, their fighting style seems to be modeled on the children's game "Tag". Meaning, Sugar or Mark will try and punch or shoot a baddie, and if they miss, it's like "ha ha, you missed me, now I go after you". If they hit, it's like "Tag - you're it". You kind of have to see this to know what we're talking about. But needless to say, it's very childish.

Raiders of the Magic Ivory might not be the best action movie ever made, but director Tonino Ricci imbues it with that classic Italian style we all know and love. Plus Jim Mitchum is a force to be reckoned with. So despite what you may have heard, we believe this is actually worth watching.

Amusing, but not particularly good story of two friends who end up traveling deep into the jungle to find a hidden ivory tablet (which glows) that has magical properties. they are hired by Chang, a white man in bad oriental makeup. Traveling through the jungle not a whole heck of a lot happens until they descend into a cave, fight off people in bad fright masks and bad make up, rescue a girl and then high tail it into the jungle and try to get home. The action is often badly done and more times than not you'll wonder if anyone can stage a fight scene. Lets face it the film is a mess, but in all honesty I liked it. I liked it because of the one thing that works which is the repartee between the two leads, who are constantly picking on each other and saying funny things. As the dialog makes clear no one is entirely serious. Worth a bowl of popcorn and a soda if you're in a forgiving mood or with friends with wicked sense of humor. And remember "She did make me the Keeper of the Celestial Peace. Boy are they in for a surprise in the universe."

This is an "action" and "adventure" movie that actually contains neither. There are long periods where nothing happens...I mean literally nothing happens...like the main characters are going through the jungle or down the river and no one is talking, no clear goal is being pursued, and no one is fighting or shooting anything or anyone. The tiny bit of action that does exist is very poorly choreographed and thought out. The gun fights are laughable and boring, and the fist fights are even worse. Seriously, I saw this on German television one night and was hoping for some lightweight mindless fun and boy was I sadly let down. Terrible, and not terrible in a way that is funny to sit around and make critical comments about.

I saw many bad movies in my life and I mean REALLY BAD MOVIES, but this one is so bad like you wouldn't believe. It was released on a cheap DVD Label in Germany as RAIDERS OF THE MAGIC IVORY with very nice cover art. But never judge a book by the cover. Very bad acting, terrible special effects and a poor story is what RAIDERS has to offer. Stay away from this cheap piece of s*it!