"Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit" Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (TV Episode 2008)

"Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit" Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (TV Episode 2008). 1h 34m | PG

“Seldom have I seen a TV movie that is so uneven, with excellent cinematography, beautiful cast (yes really impressive – and not that badly acted, either), but so very badly directed: For instance, after having just barely survived walking through a desert, and over a mountain range, our heroes, and the comic relief, tell us that they are close to dying from heat and thirst, and yet not a drop of sweat, not even a hint of sweat on their shirts, and their hair is well brushed all the time, well manicured, and we see a perfect mascara on the leading ladyu0026#39;s face, and their clothes are as pristine as if they just had been returned from the cleaners.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLater in the story the heroine almost slips into a crevasse, getting a grip on the edge at the very last moment. Depending on the camera angle, from above, or from below, her hair color varies – sheu0026#39;s normally a brown-haired beauty, but the stand-in is totally black-haired (most likely a wig), and might well be a man! Again, bad directing is to blame! John P. Tarver partaking this fiasco is a sad waste of cinematographic talent, I hope he has found better scripts, and better directors, to tune his talent on! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe CGI stinks, ugh, really bad! The fuzzy scorpions we see crawling on the walls wouldnu0026#39;t scare a 5 year old! And the car chases are very mediocre, indeed! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, while the basics isnu0026#39;t that bad (sound, u0026amp; cinematography, acting u0026amp; stunts), the scriptwriting, and the directing, are really as they were done by Ed Wood, on a bad day! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA very far cry from Indiana Jones, and yet this TV mini-series evidently use the exactly same typeface, as Indiana Jones, and it is colored in exactly the same way – is that really allowed?!”