The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writers:

Mark Rosenthal (written by) &
Lawrence Konner (written by) ...

Release Date:

11 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Plot:

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Rescue | Yacht | Reception | Holy Man

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Jack Colton
Kathleen Turner	...	Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito	...	Ralph
Spiros Focás	...	Omar
Avner Eisenberg	...	Jewel
Paul David Magid	...	Tarak
Howard Jay Patterson	...	Barak
Randall Edwin Nelson	...	Karak
Samuel Ross Williams	...	Arak
Timothy Daniel Furst	...	Sarak
Hamid Fillali	...	Rachid
Holland Taylor	...	Gloria
Guy Cuevas	...	Le Vasseur
Peter DePalma	...	Missionary (as Peter De Palma)
Mark Daly Richards	...	Pirate

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:10 | Ireland:PG | Portugal:M/6 | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-12 | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (1986) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

SLM Production Group

Trivia:

In the final crowd fight scene Danny Danny DeVito compares it to Our Lady of Mount Carmel school. This was the name of the school De Vito actually attended.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Many details reveal the F-16 to be fake, for instance the windshield (divided instead of being a one piece) and the belly (big bulge where the main landing gear attach).

Quotes:

Omar: Jack is dead.
Joan Wilder: Don't be ridiculous! Jack would never die without telling me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

LEGION (HERE I COME)

Great replay value

There are two kinds of good movies: The movies that, because of one or more characteristics, win grammys, oscars, and much lauding by critics. Gladiator comes to mind. Great cinematography, plot, acting.

Then, there are movies, that, although they don't win critical acclaim, seem to find their way onto my TV much more than an oscar-winner. Princess Bride is a good one. Timothy Dalton's bid for a James Bond movie as well. And Jewel of the Nile.

Jewel of the Nile is not a stellar specimen of a film in any way. There are movies that are better filmed, better acted, better scripted, ones that don't have as many plot holes, whatever the comparison. It doesn't leave you in a state of deep pondering or leave you not wanting to go to bed for fear of your life. But it is a movie that I, and my family, put in when we want to watch something light, uninvolved, comical, and with actors we like to see. It's something to watch on a Sunday afternoon, over whatever sorry excuse for lunch I decide to have, and to go to sleep on the couch to. It's a good movie to put in and listen to while doing housework, homework, or another activity. It is full of great one-liners that find their way into conversation as well as a severe cheesiness factor in some parts(which isn't a bad thing).

Bottom line, I guess, is this: You will find movies that are of superior quality to this one. Ones that you will feel outweigh this one in every single way. All the same, I would highly recommend adding this movie to your cabinet (but purchase and view Romancing the Stone first) because every once in a while, you'll come back to the Nile.