Synopsis
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.
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Cast
- Michael DouglasJack T. Colton
- Kathleen TurnerJoan Wilder
- Danny DeVitoRalph
- Holland TaylorGloria
- Spiros FocásOmar
- Avner EisenbergJewel
- Paul David MagidTarak
- Howard Jay PattersonBarak
- Randall Edwin NelsonKarak
- Samuel Ross WilliamsArak
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
We walk into the theater expecting absolutely nothing of substance, and that's exactly what we get, served up with high style. - 70
Washington Post
Splashy, spoofy and goofy, The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to "Romancing the Stone," is both more fun and less touching than the original -- what was once a love story is now an out-and-out romp. Though overproduced and uninvolving, "Jewel" is also a smartly written and playfully directed crowd pleaser, and in this Christmas season, you take what you can get. - 63
Chicago Tribune
The major problem with the sequel therefore is really the script, which was not written by Diane Thomas and which, coincidentally, did not meet with immediate approval by Turner. And so instead of surprising us in the rapid-fire manner of the original, ''The Jewel of the Nile'' takes people we know and runs them ragged through a new but unappealing location--the Arab desert--as they get caught in the middle of a holy war that doesn`t have much entertainment value given the recent number of incidents involving real-life terrorism in the area. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
The action here is virtually nonstop and the special effects are often astounding: good and bad guys battle atop speeding trains and the lovers dangle perilously over cliffs and ride through stampeding desert tribes. But THE JEWEL OF THE NILE is missing the faux-innocent tone and consistent narrative invention that made ROMANCING THE STONE work. - 60
Variety
As a sequel to Romancing the Stone, the script of The Jewel of the Nile is missing the deft touch of the late Diane Thomas but Lewis Teague's direction matches the energy of the original. - 60
Washington Post
The sparkly but flawed sequel to the couple's last caper. [13 Dec 1985, p.29] - 50
The Associated Press
It is mainly the characters who have suffered in Jewel of the Nile. The bouncy relationship between Turner and Douglas has been lost; she appears mindlessly headstrong, he devotes his time to extricating her from trouble. A superior comic, DeVito has a one-note role of constant choler. [16 Dec 1985] - 40
Empire
Only distinguishable from the original movie by its obvious cheapness.
