Movie #411 - The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

2006 (TV) - 1 hr 32 min
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Starring: Noah Wylie, Bob Newhart, Gabrielle Anwar, Jane Curtain, Olympia Dukakis, Lisa Brenner, Jonathan Frakes, Erick Avari

More Noah Wylie, but a new chick this time.  And she's a professor, so she can actually argue with him about things and keep him on his toes.  She also happens to be Fiona from Burn Notice. Hey there.

The rest of the cast is back, but Nicole just isn't there anymore.  Okay. She must've been filming Lost, right? So we've got Newhart and Curtain, and a stubborn Excalibur trying to kill Noah Wylie just because. And now there's a shady "uncle" and a little more backstory about the dad.  The journey to Solomon's Mines was just as fun as the first movie's adventure, but again, the real story here was more specific to Flynn Carter's personal journey.  Unravelling those mysteries, and seeing the "uncle's" true colors were more engaging for me.

But it's a fun adventure, so if you like that kind of geek-ery, this one's for you.

Movie #410- The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

2004 (TV) - 1 hr 32 min
Director: Peter Winther
Starring: Noah Wylie, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtain, Olympia Dukakis, Sonya Walger, Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Hu, David Dayan Fisher

Technically, I didn't have to watch either of these Librarian flicks because they're TV movies, but what the heck. I felt adventurous, and had never seen the second one before. So here we are.

This one I had already seen once and I enjoyed the premise of it, both then and now.  Wylie as the over-educated and seemingly filled with useless knowledge wanderer, forced to find a job and stumbling upon the chance of a lifetime.  He gives hope to all those young guys out there collecting degrees just for funsies.  And since defying death and other action-packed activities are not among his skills, there's a chick on hand to keep him  alive.

Hey! It's Penny from Lost! I didn't know who she was the first time I watched this one, way back when. But that was a fun discovery.

The quest is fun, though the effects are painfully TV quality at times, but for me it was the concept of the Library that really sold this movie.  The adventure was secondary to a really cool idea for me.