Crystal Skulls (TV Movie 2014)

Crystal Skulls: Directed by Todor Chapkanov. With Richard Burgi, Wendy Glenn, Sam Redford, David Rintoul. It is 2020 and the apocalypse is inevitable. 12 of 13 Crystal skulls are united causing catastrophic events. Only the 13th Skull can theoretically restore order before the Earth is destroyed from within by their power.

“Well, a low-budget movie with big-budget aspirations. That often goes wrong and unfortunately it is also thecase for Crystal Skulls. The TV channel had scheduled this film as Horror / SciFi. It certainly isnu0026#39;t. The film is never scary (or even thrilling) and the greatest ambition is to be a kind of modern Indiana Jones adventure movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGood news: some beautiful filming locations, neat costumes, realistic gunfights and actors who are funny at times.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe bad news? All the rest…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is much wrong with u0026#39;the scientific factsu0026#39; this film presents to the audience. Anyone who watches the documentaries on NGC, even if itu0026#39;s just on occasion, gets a few of the errors out. Two examples:nPyramids in Bosnia? Hoax!nThe engine of the helicopter that fails? You wonu0026#39;t survive that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLogic? This movie rattles on every level! For example geographic locations and distances. The film lets the characters fly around the world, on routes that are often not the shortest, with stops that make no sense.nOr how about politics? American soldiers stationed in Spain who just take control of a private company in Austria. I hope you donu0026#39;t have to have a masteru0026#39;s degree in international law to realize that this would result in a diplomatic crisis.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy final thoughts?nWould it not have been better to tune down a few violent scenes, send the main character out together with his younger nephew on adventure and then show the whole as an adventure series for the youth, after the childrenu0026#39;s programs? Big kids and young adolescents will forgive Crystal Skulls for the flaws in the plot and appreciate its strengths (the locations, the adventure) more. A bit of a missed opportunity.”