Joshua Morris
If I were to base this review simply on commercial success, I would have to give a 3 or a 4, however Noah Wyle makes this movie a hidden gem. Don't take it too seriously, because they don't have the budget for high quality special effects, but the acting is good (except for a few of the baddies) and it is definitely worth a watch.Gabrielle Anwar provides a great opposite to Noah in this episode and there are a couple of twists that were unexpected.I've been pretty happy with the whole librarian series, but again....don't take this stuff too seriously! Its meant to be fun.
ma-cortes
This second outing in the popular ¨The Librarian franchise ¨(1ª Quest of the spear-2004- by Peter Winther and 3ª The curse of the Judas Chalice-2008- by Jonathan Frakes) concerns on Flynn Carsen(Noah Wyle), the roughest, toughest,silly, and botcher hero with 22 university degree . Flynn is assigned missions around the world and recover priceless objects guarded into Metropolitan library where are the Arthur's Excalibur blade, the skull of crystal, Saint Sheet of Turin, the magic flute, among others. Now he must to find the King Salomon's mines who ordered the building of the Temple by the 24 masons. He goes to Casablanca looking for a Salomon's key of map. There he encounters the tomb of Ptolomeo, the famous father of astronomy and geometry .Flynn accompanied by a beautiful archaeologist(Gabrielle Anwar) head to Kenia where allegedly is the Salomon's treasure. Our unpredictable heroes risk their lives and limb against a set of the nasties(Erick Avari) villains you've ever seen.Entertained TV movie plenty of action-packed,tongue in check, adventures, love story and extremely funny. This one has a little bit of everything : rip-roaring action, thriller,Sci-Fi,fantasy,derring do and an exciting score by Joseph LoDuca. Along with a sympathetic Noah Wyle appear the habitual secondaries, as a deadpan Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin and his likable mother well played by Olympia Dukakis. Besides cameo by Jonathan Frakes as passenger in the Magic Honeymoon bus. This enjoyable picture combines splendidly ¨Riger Haggard's mines of King Salomon¨ with ¨Spielberg's Raiders of the lost ark¨. Spectacular final scenes with excessive and mediocre use of computer generator special effects, adding a colorful cinematography by Walt Lloyd. For utter spirit-lifting bemusing you can't do better than this television movie. The picture is lavishly produced by Dean Devlin in partnership with Noah Wyle and TNT. Efficient direction by Jonathan Frakes, the notorious Star Trek's commandant Riker.He's an expert filmmaker in Sci-Fi genre and TV episodes : Star Trek, Roswell,Masters of science fiction, Twilight zone, among them.
tbmessick
Perhaps good Saturday morning fodder to drag children away from TeenAged Mutant Ninja Turtles or from something with square pants, but not really a "movie." This cartoon has clever bits and allusions to literature, and Noah Wylie is good to look at, but not much else. No plot, but a series of accidents and outrageous coincidences completely destroy the ability to willingly suspend the disbelief or anyone over 9. The movie makers have done a fine job with special effects, but that is like saying the chef has done a fine job selecting the table linen. Special effects are important only as a SUPPORT to a good plot. And that is entirely lacking here. Don't bother. Read a book for greater entertainment.
Jim Pinnock
There seemed to little if any plot to this film and it lacked continuity. It was a re-hash of so many ideas seen before in this type of action film. As it moved from scene to scene there was little to excite the viewer in spite of some routine special effects. The direction, if there was any, did little to motivate the actors who seemed to be sleep-walking through their parts. This movie gave the impression of being very low budget and in this era of fantastic special effects, the film gave you the feeling that each and every cost had been spared. At no time during this tedious movie was there any excitement or feeling that the protagonists were in any sort of danger. The only danger was that they would become as bored as the viewers.