Lost Treasures Of The Ancient World - The Dark Ages DVD

Advantages: Nic Cage... great story... funny
Disadvantages: I can't think of a single one!

...I wanted to go see this at the cinema but me husband wouldn't come with, so everytime we went to the DVD store I rented it until he eventually bought me it! I love this film. It would be suitable for adults and children alike, as it is humourous, exciting and has a great storyline. Starring Nicholas Cage as Ben Gates, a Treasure Hunter on the trial of an ancient world treasure. He is helped along the way by a sexy historian, and nerdy geek and evil greedy Ian in the shape of Sean Bean. Ben discovers a ship buried in the Artic and thie clue on board leads him on the most exciting and dangerous treasure hunt of his life, with a little help from the Declaration of Independance... Can he get to the Treasure before Iam or the FBI??? There is a lot of action packed in to this film, and there are some beaustiful cities visited whilst... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average not helpful

Advantages: Mindless fun
Disadvantages: Poor story, indifferent acting, poor characters

.... The story has been written by Jim Kouf, Oren Aviv and Charlie Segars and is brought to life by the direction of Jon Turtletaub (Instinct, Cool Runnings) and the production of Jerry Bruckheimer (King Arthur, Bad Boys II). ** Storyline ** Ben Gates was captivated at an early age by his Grandfathers tale of a mystical treasure hidden forever by the founding fathers of the country. The tale went that the treasure had been built up over many hundreds of years and moved around the world by its different owners until one day it was found and brought to America. Fearful of the effects of the greed such a treasure would generate among people the Founding Fathers secretly hid the treasure leaving only a few discrete clues as to its location. Most people lived in blissful ignorance even of these clues that surrounded them in their everyday life. A few... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Special effects, lots of interesting extras, sharp picture, looks fantastic, great story, and of course Brendan Fraser
Disadvantages: None! And that is the first time I have said that about anything.

...I had already seen this film on Sky movies and had absolutely loved it, and as I am a huge Brendan Fraser fan, there was no ther choice for my first DVD. The film tells the story of Rick O'Connell, Evie and Jonothan and a group of Americans, who go to Hamonaptra, the city of the dead, to search for long lost treasure, but instead they unearth a 3000 year old corpse, a creature of great power if he is resurrected, Impotep. The trio then set out to destroy the creature they have unleashed on the world before he can regenerate and become immortal, with the help of the Magi, who have sworn to protect the world from the creature for 3000 years. The film is a remake of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic, The Mummy, that stared Boris Karloff as Impotep. It combines the thrills and spills of an action adventure with the supense... Read review

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