Flat, and overlong adventure-thriller filmed on location. So it doesn't disappoint when it came to the local Egyptian landmarks and the extravagant scope of its craftsmanship. Even the production was given permission to film Tutankhamen's treasure.
However for a thriller, it wasn't particularly thrilling. More so, it meandered through story threads with its uninteresting mix of espionage-like spills and archaeology groundwork/mythology. In the first half-hour there are a few brutal depictions of violence, but it soon moves away from it.
Caught up in the middle of this possible occult-laced mystery involving the last undiscovered Egyptian tomb with treasure is a headstrong anthropologist (Leslie Ann Down). Quite a bunch of names also show up, but no one really stands out from each other. Interesting to see John Rhys-Davis in a minor role here, as in the same year he appeared in the much better received 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.
However for a thriller, it wasn't particularly thrilling. More so, it meandered through story threads with its uninteresting mix of espionage-like spills and archaeology groundwork/mythology. In the first half-hour there are a few brutal depictions of violence, but it soon moves away from it.
Caught up in the middle of this possible occult-laced mystery involving the last undiscovered Egyptian tomb with treasure is a headstrong anthropologist (Leslie Ann Down). Quite a bunch of names also show up, but no one really stands out from each other. Interesting to see John Rhys-Davis in a minor role here, as in the same year he appeared in the much better received 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.