The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)

Librarian-turned-adventurer Flynn Carsen endeavors to find King Solomon's mines.

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Writers:

Marco Schnabel, David N. Titcher (characters) (as David Titcher)

Stars:

Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noah Wyle	...	Flynn Carsen
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Emily Davenport
Bob Newhart	...	Judson
Jane Curtin	...	Charlene
Olympia Dukakis	...	Margie Carsen
Erick Avari	...	General Samir
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Jomo
Robert Foxworth	...	Uncle Jerry
Zahn McClarnon	...	Tommy Yellow Hawk
Lisa Brenner	...	Debra
Jonathan Frakes	...	Debra's Husband
Peter Butler	...	Ahjmed
Tertius Meintjes	...	Rogan (as Tertius Meintjies)
Dawie Ackermann	...	Arthur Dawson (as David Ackermann)
Mehboob Bawa	...	Moroccan Taxi Driver

Storyline

After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.

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Plot Keywords:

mine | king solomon | skull | scroll | chase | 

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Taglines:

New Continent. New Adventure. Still No Clue.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

TNT

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Arabic

Release Date:

3 December 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

TNT, Electric Entertainment, Blue Sky Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vampire bats are native only to Central and South America.

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Goofs

"The Book of Solomon" is supposed to be 3,000 years old, but is shown as a modern book, with Latin text set in some kind of Gothic font from left to right. Bound "books" (codices) were first created by the Romans in the 1st century AD. Leather covered, bound books such as that shown did not come into existence until the 15th century in Europe. And you would of course expect the Book of Solomon to be written in Biblical Hebrew or possibly Biblical Aramaic.

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Quotes

Flynn Carsen: When I say 'jump', we jump!

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Connections

Follows The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

User Reviews

Unfortunately, just a sequel

We were excitedly waiting for the release of the sequel to one of our favourite recent films, and managed to rent the DVD on its release in Australia. My family loved it, but I was a little disappointed. It lacked the one-liners of the first film, and much of the charm of the bumbling Flynn had also dissipated. The special effects were OK and there were a few laughs, but nothing of the absurdity which delightfully infected the original. The absence of Sonya Walwag was palpable, and neither Bob Newhart nor Jane Curtin really seemed to get into the film as they did with "Spear". This is not to say it is a bad film, but it does seem to play it a little by the numbers. There is one very obvious reference to a classic film, but nothing like the little teasers scattered through the original.