king solomon mine bring u patrick swayze ( play allan quatermain ) who have spend a lot of time in africa and but decide it be time to return to england and be a father to his son . he find that his wife parent have take custody of his son and that he have very little chance of get custody of him with lot of money for a law suit . in come alison deedy ( play elizabeth ) whose father be in africa and be hold by an african tribe for ransom of the map elizabeth father have send her . elizabeth seek out quatermain to take her back to africa to find her father . there be a good cast of support character that go along with quatermain and elizabeth and of course there be some enemy ( russian ) who want the map also . the movie hold your attention until the end . patrick once again play a ruggedly handsome honorable man who come to the rescue of the damsel in distress . patrick be a great dramatic actor who can easily portray passion and loss and despair and the rugged silent good man and anger and strength while in king solomon mind his character actually smile a few time . i would really like to see patrick swayze in a relaxed live love story again and one in which he doesn not have to clench his jaw and be quite so strong . maybe a little dancing would help . but this be a good movie for the entire family and worth the time to watch it .