Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
THE GREAT ADVENTURE STRIP HERO COMES TO THE SCREEN!
장르 : 가족, 모험
상영시간 : 3시간 32분
연출 : Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens
각본 : Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe
시놉시스
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who has framed her brother. Webb causes the death of Tim's father, but is eventually tracked down.
지구 시각 2673년 3월 26일, 삭막해진 세상에 모든 미련을 버린 테일러 일행을 태운 우주선이 1년 6개월만에 어느 행성의 바다에 불시착한다. 그들은 이곳이 지구에서 320광년 떨어져 있고, 오리온좌의 태양 주위를 돌고 있는 어느 이름 모를 행성으로 추측한다. 행성의 생명체 유무를 위해 사막 위의 긴나긴 탐사 여행을 하던 그들은 곧 원시인의 무리를 발견하지만, 곧 말을 타고 총을 쏘아대는 원숭이들 무리에 쫓기게 된다. 이 행성은 바로 원숭이들의 지배 하에 있었고, 인간의 모습과 거의 비슷한 원시인들은 야생 동물처럼 살고 있었다.
서기 2029년, 우주정거장에서는 인류의 종의 기원을 밝히기 위한 연구가 진행 중이다. 인간들은 훈련 받은 침팬지를 이용해 비밀을 밝힐 소 우주선을 은하계로 내려보낸다. 하지만 우주선이 레이더에서 사라지는 사고가 발생하고, 공군 대위 레오 데이비슨(마크 월버그)이 긴급 출동하지만 계기판이 작동을 멈추고 이상한 힘에 이끌려 우주선은 이름 모를 행성의 늪지대에 추락한다. 레오가 도착한 행성은 원시의 모습을 가지고 있는 암울한 곳으로, 그곳에 살고 있는 인간들은 유인원에게 길들여져 멸시당하고 노예와 같은 비참한 생활을 하고 있는데…
When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed will leave a huge section of California real estate to the heirs of Don Quantero, he employs Mel Donovan and his killer henchmen to murder them all. That will leave Manning as the sole heir to millions. However, Delores Quantero tumbles to this plot and enlists the aide of two-fisted reporter, Cliff Roberts to save all her relatives
유인원 전문가 ‘데이비스(드웨인 존슨)’는 사람들은 멀리하지만, 어릴 때 구조해서 보살펴 온 영리한 알비노 고릴라 ‘조지’와는 특별한 감정을 공유한다. 어느 날, 유순하기만 하던 조지가 의문의 가스를 흡입하면서 엄청난 괴수로 변해 광란을 벌인다. 재벌기업이 우주에서 무단으로 감행한 ‘프로젝트 램페이지’라는 유전자 조작 실험이 잘못되면서 지구로 3개의 병원체가 추락했던 것. 조지뿐만 아니라 가스를 마신 늑대와 악어 역시 변이시키고 끝도 없이 거대해진 이들 포식자들이 도심을 파괴하며 미국 전역을 쑥대밭으로 만들어 놓는다. 데이비스는 괴수들을 상대로 전지구적인 재앙을 막고 변해버린 조지를 구하기 위한 해독제를 찾아야만 하는데…
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