King Solomon’s Mines is a tale of fame and fortune as it opens with Elizabeth Maitland hiring Allan Quatermain (Patrick Swayze) to find her father Sam Maitland (John Standing), who has been kidnapped by the Kaukaunas tribe. Maitland had drawn a map to the mines he was sent to discover as the Russian Tsar was funding Sam's efforts to locate the mines, with the aid of a tracker called Bruce McNabb (Gavin Hood), who is an old acquaintance of Quatermain's, and three Russians sent by the Tsar. With the help of Gagool (Lesedi Mogoathle), Sir Henry (Ian Roberts) Quatermain locates the mines and discovers the head of the tribe, Twala (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) who has kidnapped Maitland. Within the mines they meet Umbopa (Sidede Onyulo ) who allies himself with Quatermain. Quatermain defeats Twala's warrior to allow Umbopa to claim his throne and the tribe kills Twala after he kills Sir Henry.