The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 11
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The Jewel of the Nile takes up where Romancing the Stone left off, with romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) traveling around the world with her boyfriend, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas). But Joan is becoming bored with Jack and all the romantic attention; as she asks, "How much romance can one woman take?" Invited by Omar (Spiros Focas), a wealthy Arabian potentate, to travel with him to his homeland, Joan readily accepts. Jack decides to pass on the trip, preferring instead to sail
Dec 11, 1985 Wide
Aug 14, 2001
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Cast
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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 -
Sakeke Colobanane
Nubian Chief -
Guy Cuevas
Le Vasseur -
Peter de Palma
Missionary -
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Hyacinthe N'Iaye
Nubian Wrestler -
Daniel Peacock
Rock Promoter -
Mark Daly Richards
Pirate -
Baji Abdelmajid
Omar's Elite Guard -
Zaouia Abdelmajid
F-16 Pilot -
Benyahim Ahed
Omar Officer -
Makoula Ahmed
Ticket Seller -
Flora Alberti
Society Matron -
Ted Buffington
Firewalker -
Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillal...
Omar's Elite Guard -
Alaoui Hassen
Station Master -
Akasby Mohamed
Old Man in Suq -
Kachela Mohammed
Omar's Elite Guard -
Ziraoui Mustapha
Omar's Elite Guard -
Patricia Poullair
Society Matron -
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (12) | DVD (17)
Turns unnecessarily nasty with its racist depiction of Arabs and a barrage of racist jokes.
Reunited and it feels so bad.
OK, but weak sequel to the first Douglas-Turner outing.
If there's ever a good example as to why sequels are rarely as good as the original, it is The Jewel of the Nile.
While it's definitely not an awful little adventure flick, Jewel of the Nile stands as a pretty good indication as to why the guys never reunited for a third adventure.
Jewel of the Nile doesn't quite reach the heights of Romancing the Stone, but it's still a lot of fun and better than most sequels.
decent sequel romp
Not much sparkle to this sequel.
According to legend, Catherine Zeta-Jones was 15 when this movie was made.
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Now the original film was slightly adult in nature, swearing, soft sex scenes, drugs and slightly more mature action. This time the film has gone completely down the comedy route by amping up the action set pieces ten fold but making them more slapstick than before.
The first half of this film feels like a complete 'Temple of Doom' spin, yes I know its set in Egypt but the whole look and feel and the way Turner's character is treated is very similar to 'Doom' at the start. As the film progresses it does manage to shake the 'Indy' vibe and instead could possibly be seen as an early influence for certain Brendan Fraser adventure flicks...well that's just my view.
Unfortunately the film just can't escape the need to follow in 'Dr Jones' footsteps so we have an entire action sequence involving a jet plane that is pretty similar to the Nazi plane fight sequence in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.
Well 'Indy' comparisons aside (hard to do) the film is still pretty poor. Its chock full of plot holes and inconsistencies which are just silly. Yes I know you can't take the film seriously as at the end of the day its just a fun adventure film but come on!. For a start the trio (Turner, Douglas and Eisenberg) seem to walk and jog across half of Egypt (or somewhere in North Africa) for most of the film. One minute they are being chased by soldiers across a flat desert, the next minute after a brisk jog they are in a mountainous region and manage to climb up a huge cliff face without need for pause or water at any point!.
Plus I must add I was never sure where exactly they are suppose to be in North Africa. One minute they're in the fictional nation of 'Kadir', then they stray into Nubian land, then back into Arabic land, they cover a lot of ground it seems. Its all in the same region but its a big region.
I guess the continuity is good from the last film, same cast, I don't like the cast but they gel well. Devito has an even bigger comedy role this time and is still completely not funny, almost turning his character into a kind of 'Wil E. Coyote' farce this time, shameful. Speaking of shameful, the less said about the cheap looking sets the better methinks, whoa!
Its admittedly cult 80's action fluff but I just can't give a thumbs up for this or the original. This is worse than the first as its been dumbed down badly, at least the first was more mature. You can certainly see where many other adventure flicks in recent years may have gotten inspiration as this has all the ingredients you would expect. Again the films poster is really good but this time gives a good impression of the action to be seen.