Mindnumbing Entertainment, but it's still entertaining

Rating: 6/10 (3 February 2007)

This movie is in the vein of unbelievable, campy, hokey, adventure films, along the lines of the Indiana Jones films. Except not as good (well, admittedly better than many parts of the second Indiana Jones film). Acting, story and dialogue are all decidedly mediocre.
But it's not a waste, really, because it doesn't aspire to be more than what it is: A mildly entertaining pair of hours. The set pieces, the action direction, and the general production value leave the film with the ability to be swallowed without too much disgust. Although part of me felt like this film would've been better as a B-grade television series (one clue to the next, lots of room for moments of suspense--very good fodder for the next series executively produced by Sam Raimi and possibly starring Bruce Campbell or another excellently campy B-grade actor), it passes as a film okay.
Would I recommend it? No. It doesn't add any value to anyone's life, nor is it really a film you have to see in any way. But, if you're tired of dealing with commercials while you turn your brain off, you can catch this film instead. All the mind-numbing mild entertainment of television and none of the commercials. 6/10.