I wouldn't say that I particularly enjoyed this, but I'm not going to claim that it isn't a fair piece of work. If you're into adventure, you may very well like this(I'm not, hence... yeah). The plot is OK, pretty standard, formula stuff, and at times, it's predictable. The pacing is adequate. The acting is corny and over the top, intentionally or otherwise. I've seen even Wyle be more convincing elsewhere(and I've only seen him in two other roles, from Enough and Donnie Darko). Hu isn't bad, but she barely has anything to do for almost(but not entirely) all of it. Newhart does get to do his thing a little bit, once or twice in this. The effects are quite the mixed bag... for being television, they are basically consistently good, considering, but you don't have to be looking to figure out how they did it, or what's CGI and what isn't(in fact, to not, you might have to actually close your eyes). There is some action, and it's reasonable. The editing and cinematography are sufficient. This tends to be unconvincing. The references to other titles may induce cringing. I honestly wouldn't worry about the violence or imagery in this, the entire ordeal takes place in the world of no blood(apart from S.W.A.T., I'm not sure I've actually ever watched a film so obviously avoiding such). This couldn't be more obviously made-for-TV if every other line of dialog mentioned it. I recommend this to fans of the genre, and fabled artifacts and whatnot. 7/10
