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PLOT: WORLD Famous romance writer Joan Wilder ends up in Columbia with a treasure Map and hot on the trail of a Emerald and kidnappers WITH HER SISTER FOR ransom and HUNK Jack THE ADVENTURE HERO~....great Indiana Jones "type" adventure with a Romance Writer flare~silly romantic ~ funny ~this is supposed to make fun of romance stories and it does the job nicely~ Joan Wilder is a WORLD FAMOUS romance writer and ends up with a treasure map~ ends up going to South America to use the map as the "ransom" for her captive sister~! a funny clever PLOT TWIST IS that just about every where she goes we stumble across a JOAN WILDER FAN OF HER ROMANCE NOVELS~ THIS IS AN ON GOING JOKE~ BUT IT IS FUNNY~ Along the way Joan (Kathleen Turner) she is great fun~ teams up adventurer Jack (Michael Douglas) and she hires him get her back on the trail of the treasure~ soon the treasure a huge "Emerald" has everyone after it~ some fun along the way is a DRUG lord they run into ....who we find is OF COURSE......a "HUGE" JOAN WILDER ROMANCE FAN ..becomes their "ally"~ (Clever plot twist).... takes them a ride in his truck to escape the kidnappers ...on a wild ride across canyons and rivers~ ...ADD Greedy ....Danny Devito ....who ALSO wants the stone, the kidnappers want the stone~ and GREAT MUSIC THEME~...Turner is lovely and Jack (Michael Douglas) is clever and fun as the man looking for his fortune and finds it with Joan~ The end "stand off" with Joan, her sister, Jack, Devito, the THUGS the Emerald and of course menacing Alligators is pure silly Fun~ I GIVE IT A SOLID 9 OUT OF 10 FOR ROMANTIC ADVENTURE WITH a very FUNNY PLOT~ ALSO SEE THE SEQUEL JEWEL OF THE NILE~ SAME CHARACTERS~ IF YOU FOUND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE~Read full review
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle--until she encounters Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), a man who could have stepped straight out of one of her novels. Though his good looks and intrepid moves dazzle her, Joan quickly sees Jack for the cheap opportunist that he is. But he's all she's got, so together they journey out of the jungle, battling mudslides, druglords, crazed treasure-hunters--and each other. Along the way, Joan discovers she's tougher than she ever thought, tough enough to rescue her sister, and tough enough to fall in love with the troublesome Jack.Read full review
Such a good movie. It arrived early and the quality of the video was great. I couldn't tell it wasn't brand new.
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A knock-off of the first Indiana Jones movie but just as entertaining with great stars. Buy it, you'll like it
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The first of two engaging adventure/romance movies w/memorable & lovable characters! Great condition and awesome extras!
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