Lost City Raiders

Lost City Raiders is a 2008 madefortelevision science fiction film written and directed by Jean de Segonzac. It starred James Brolin, Ian Somerhalder, Jamie King, and Bettina Zimmermann.

Cardinal Battaglia contacts John Kubiak James Brolin and his sons Jack Ian Somerhalder and Thomas Jamie King. The Kubiak family is raiding the sunken New York City for various treasures lost beneath the waves. The Kubiaks are to assist Brother Fontana and Father Giacopetti in a submarine to retrieve the scepter and save the earth. They are opposed by Nicholas Filiminov Ben Cross, a major land dealer who wants the scepter for his own purposes having forced the water to rise to cover the remaining land, survivors will be forced to live in his planned floating communities, and he can then purchase the sunken land for a pittance before lowering the water level again. The Kubiak brothers are also involved with two women, Giovanna Bettina ZimmermannJacks exand Cara Elodie Frencktheir new mechanic, who take on a new importance after Johns death forces his sons to take up his mission. Despite the attempted intervention of an insane Cardinal who sees the Rising as Gods punishment for mankinds sins, the new Team Kubiak are able to activate an ancient chamber that triggers the lowering of the flood waters. The film ends with the team having dinner and contemplating their future as they visit the thirtyone other chambers listed on the map as activating that one chamber only caused the Mediterranean to drop ten meters while not affecting the rest of the world.German commercial television station ProSieben, the American cable television network Sci Fi Channel, Austrian production company Tandem Communications produced the film. Its budget was US6 million. ........

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