What a great adventure this promised to be! I was really hoping for some amazing scenery, some epic Templar battles and a menacing conspiracy story. Like several other reviewers, I think there are some overt "National Treasure" and "Indiana Jones" rip offs, but that's almost giving this series too much credit. There's not much riveting action or adventure to keep the weak story afloat, the CGI on the boat is so home video-esquire and the dialogue and situations are remarkably stupid. And Victor Garber as the scary monsignor is either miscast or given absolutely no direction in creating a loathsome evil-doer.
The point I lost any hope for this bomb to redeem itself is when they dug into the ancient city that was covered for hundreds of years by lava. Miraculously, they are able to literally stroll to the church where the Templar's astrolab is hidden (sort of like Joan Crawford strolled down into the cave where Trog lived shortly after spelunkers were barely able to squeeze down the little hole with ropes - but THAT was camp at its finest) because the lava was able to leave huge underground caverns of light and space open! After that, it really didn't make any difference to me what happened, but I wished the boat would have just sunk in the storm. A big alien invasion, samurai mummies or a downpour of frogs would have been just as believable a plot twist or made for a more spectacular ending, and it would certainly have been more interesting.
The point I lost any hope for this bomb to redeem itself is when they dug into the ancient city that was covered for hundreds of years by lava. Miraculously, they are able to literally stroll to the church where the Templar's astrolab is hidden (sort of like Joan Crawford strolled down into the cave where Trog lived shortly after spelunkers were barely able to squeeze down the little hole with ropes - but THAT was camp at its finest) because the lava was able to leave huge underground caverns of light and space open! After that, it really didn't make any difference to me what happened, but I wished the boat would have just sunk in the storm. A big alien invasion, samurai mummies or a downpour of frogs would have been just as believable a plot twist or made for a more spectacular ending, and it would certainly have been more interesting.
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