Enjoyable, but maybe for the wrong reasons

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 1999)

I only saw this movie for one reason - the guy who played Jonathan (John Hannah) used to live in a place called (Murray, East Kilbride, near Glasgow), only 5 minutes from my house, so I had to see how far the 'local boy' had come. I was expecting typical hollywood nonsense, but at least it was fairly enjoyable, a poor-man's raiders of the lost ark, except with much better effects. The director and cast knew when to play for laughs, and the film never reached the 'looking at the watch' time like so many other films these days succumb too. This is also noticeable as the '20 minutes too long' syndrome.
If you're after old fashioned hockum, with its tongue firmly in its cheek, you can't do much wrong here.
7/10