Powerful

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Watch this movie as a precious relic of a time of freedom as you can see things that would be totally censored in today American movies! In a way, this movie is really close to early Tintin comics as it's pure fun in exotic places and for sure fun means native depicted as Clichés! So here Arabs and Africans are viewed as primitive, a bunch of tribes or peasants, Muslim rebels fighters are helpful and wise! It's hard to judge it against the Zemeckis movie because the setting is totally different: the first was jungle, green, water while now it's desert, sand, sun! I find that the trio has a real chemistry together, there is really some funny moments and if the movie drags a bit at the end, i had a pleasant watching!

Disclaimer: If you are a viewer that mainly prefers art-house-type movies, then you might as well ignore this review. In addition, if you're not able to take a solid sequel in action adventure from the original flick Romancing the Stone, ignore this review, as well. We'll both be better off.The Jewel of the Nile (1985) is a nice worthy follow up to the original flick Romancing the Stone (1984). I love the original flick, but I don't love this one. Still I like this movie a lot and I don't think it is a terrible sequel, I thought it is good. Just a lot of things are changed in here: The director, writer and music score from the previous flick are all replaced. Director Robert Zemeckis is replaced now by Lewis Teague, Writer Diane Thomas is now replaced by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner and music score Alan Silvestri is now replaced by Jack Nitzsche. Even cinematography Dean Cundey Is replaced by Jan De Bont. Editors Peter Boita and Michael Ellis also replaced Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss from the original film. They made a lot of changes, but I think it is still a good film and I still like it. Plot: The Jewel of the Nile is the 1985 sequel to 1984's Romancing the Stone and once again reunites Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as they travel to Africa when a ruler enlists their help in locating a precious jewel that has been lost. It is not my favorite film of the two, but this movie is good and it is awesome. Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito reprise their roles from the previous film. I am glad and happy that in this movie Danny DeVito's character Ralph is a little better person, than he was in the first movie. Ralph (Danny DeVito) was even helping out Jack (Michael Douglas) saving Joan (Kathleen turner) from Omar (Spiros Focás). This time Joan did not kill the bad guy but Jack did. I still like the character Ralph played by Danny DeVito more than I do in Romancing the Stone. The film is filled with humor and a little romance, it has two explosions in the movie. The music is mixed to me, it is not awesome, or great, like was from Alan Silvestri in the previous film, but it is good. Looking for a Jewel in Africa without any map was ridiculous! Than finding out that the Jewel of the Nile is actually a holy man, Al-Julhara (Arabic for 'The Jewel'), (Avner Eisenberg) is ridiculous! This film suffers for one simple reason: the characters have nowhere to go.The plot about a holy man who is a actually a Jewel of the Nile is terrible and went wrong. This in my opinion is a lackluster and it is still good on his own way but not as good as the first movie. Things I did like in this movie are: the new score from Jack Nitzsche and how they improved the character Ralph from Danny DeVito in to a better person. I don't think Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner did a solid job in here. As I said I love the character Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone, she has a heart in this movie she did not had that tool, like she had in Romancing the Stone. The impact I saw from the character In earlier is gone. The opening scene on the ship from pirates that Jack saves him self, while he leaves Joan dying was selfish. Jack flying to Africa to a get a Jewel of the Nile in the first place and not saving Joan from Omar was just selfish! I am sorry guys if you read my review but the filmmakers just screwed up the characters and the story and they make them all less interested and less likable.Still I also grew up watching this movie and I own both of the films together in one pack on Blu-ray and that is too me enough. I will still watch this movie, even if it is not that great. Why I will still watch it? It is simple: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito reprising their characters back. I rather watch this movie than their last third movie The War of the Roses (1989) which I hated that movie! Like most sequels this one falls a little flat in plot and gives you basic thrills that pass as action sequences. Compared to Romancing the Stone, Jewel is more cartoonish in it's scope and less funny with it's dialogue. After Nile was released in 1985 there had been rumors of a 3rd film, but it never filtered into production other then a title The Crimson Eagle. Overall: I like this movie I am a giving a solid 8, even tough the movie deserves less rating, I like it and I don't care what anyone says about this movie. It is good and I like the locations they were showing in The Jewel of the Nile and it is my childhood movie. The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 action-adventure romantic comedy and a sequel to the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito reprising their roles.8/10 Grade: B Studio: 20th Century Fox Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg, The Flying Karamazov Brothers Director: Lewis Teague Producer: Michael Douglas Screenplay: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Based on Characters by Diane Thomas Rated: PG Running Time: 1 Hr. 46 Mins. Budget: $25.000.000 Box Office: $96,773,200

In the sequel to 'Romancing the Stone', romance writer Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) and Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) are sailing their yacht in the south of France. Joan is frustrated with her writing and sick of their nomadic life after six months on the boat. Joan accepts Sheik Omar Kalifa's offer to go down the Nile and write his biography. Joan and Jack agree to go their separate ways. Ralph (Danny DeVito) seeks revenge against Jack for getting left in prison. They are met by Tarak who has just tried to assassinate Omar. He tells them that Omar is a ruthless dictator who has stolen the Jewel of the Nile. Omar blows up Jack's boat and Tarak warns him that Joan is in danger.I love 'Romancing the Stone'. This sequel has lost the original's charm. It's stupider and less funny. The joy is mostly gone. Jack and Joan start off on a sour note and is mostly separated in the first half. There are flashes of the old chemistry for the couple. However, even that isn't enough to make this a good movie. It's a sad sequel to a great 80s movie.

Talk about your old bait and switch, this film offers two of them. First off, the jewel of the picture isn't some fabulously expensive gem, but a person (Avner Eisenberg) who represents the spiritual power of his people. And then, instead of giving you Omar Sharif as the would-be emperor, you get a look-alike character portrayed by someone named Spiros Focas who I never heard of before, but is apparently one of Greece's finest and most respected actors. Who knew? You know, if I'm flipping through the cable channels and come across "Romancing the Stone", I'm liable to stop right there and tune in. I always enjoyed watching that one. "Jewel of the Nile" doesn't quite capture the same magic for me, as the Jack Colton/Joan Wilder romance balancing act gets a little tedious at times, and Danny DeVito is reduced to playing the Wile E. Coyote character of all those Roadrunner cartoons. Some of it's funny, but a lot of it seems forced as well.What I didn't get was the convoluted resolution to the whole 'Jewel' premise. Recall at the finale that the crowd was wildly chanting for 'Omar, Omar' right before the would-be emperor went over the side, and then they quickly replaced it with 'Al-Jawhara, Al-Jawhara' in a split second when the kidnapped Jewel was freed. Just how loyal were the Omar followers supposed to be anyway? Well I guess it was never intended to make much sense. As a vehicle to reunite Michael Douglas with Kathleen Turner and capitalize on RTS, it looks like this was a moderate success. They make for an attractive on screen couple as far as that goes, and the film offers some light hearted if mindless diversion. One bit of trivia I learned watching the story this time around, who knew that Joan Wilder wrote 'Return of the King'?