The Jewel Of The Nile (DVD)

The Jewel of the Nile is the follow on film from Romancing the Stone and it is set a few months after the first film. Jean Wilder is still a best selling novelist and is trying her hardest to finish her latest book but she is having trouble concentrating and she just wants to give up sailing with her lover Jack and move back to New York. Jack is just too happy sailing and living his dream to want to give it up. An opportunity comes for Jean when Spiros Focas, a ruthless dictator invites Lean to go to Egypt to write a book about him Jean accepts this offer as she does not know what a ruthless man he is. Jack is sad to see Jean go but he knows she has to do ...  Read the complete review

Jewel In The Nile is an excellent accompanyment to Romancing The Stone. By thie start of the film Douglas and Turner are together on the boat they purchased with the stone from the earlier film. When Turner and Douglas then break up, its up to Douglas to rescue her from the hands of a evil Egyptian warlord. You can tell that a lot more money was spent on this film and theres more action and more explosions to boot. There weren't any real boring parts either, and film zipped along at an exciting pace. Douglas is so much better in this comic adventure style, rather than brooding characters he has played throughout the 90's and 00's. It was also good to see Danny ...  Read the complete review

Jewel of the Nile carries on the adventures of Jack Colton and Joan Wilder, lovers thrown together by fate in "Romancing the Stone" as they tried to rescue Joan’s sister from an evil dude in Columbia. Now however, Joan is an internationally famous authoress, Jack is… well, he’s Jack, and they’re living the life of luxury aboard a yacht. Until… Omar (Spiros Focás), an African leader, turns up wanting Wilder to write his biography for him. Off she goes with him, only for Jack to find out that this leader has ulterior motives for wanting Joan with him. Reluctantly teaming up with the sleazy Ralph (Danny DeVito), one of the kidnappers from the first ...  Read the complete review