From my research about this movie, Jack Hunter has two more of these films. This one was bad enough, but in the interest of self-torture, I guess I am going to have to find the other two.
In case you didn't think that this was a rip off of the Indiana Jones movies, just wait until Jack Hunter lands in Syria. But I am jumping ahead of myself. Jack intended to take pictures of an ancient tablet, but plans change and he has to steal it. He and Professor Frederic read the very ancient Ugarit language on the tablet and the professor thinks that it is a riddle to get to the ancient, mythological weapon, the Star of Heaven, which is comprised of the Eye and Iris. The professor is killed and the tablet is taken. Jack continues the quest for Frederic, over in Damascus, Syria. And when Jack arrives in Syria, he has on a very nice Fedora hat. Please.
Jack and his Syrian love interest, Nadia, get in and out of trouble trying to find the Iris. The Eye is in Egypt (second movie), so we are just worried about the Iris. Albert (villain) Littmann, is also looking for the Iris. He is backed by the Russian mafia and has a lot more resources than Jack. Indiana Jones fought Belloq and the Nazis. I guess to make this movie more modern, they chose the Russians.
Bad fight scenes, bad side kick, and tons of convenience for Jack's group. It is laughable. There is one scene where Jack and Nadia are running away from a group of men and all the while Jack is yelling to the side kick to start the truck. Replace truck with plane and you get a sense of where that idea was stolen. I don't have much hope for Jack in the next installment or the third.
I give this movie 1/2 out of 5 Bishri Mountains.
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