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katikatSo, the Jack Hunter mini-series is basically the poor man's Indiana Jones. The budget is cheap, the writing not that good and the acting not really Oscar material, yet there's a worse way how to spend 90 min. of your time. It's actually fun in a campy, cheesy way.
The series introduces us to...
Jack Hunter, a treasure hunter, played by Ivan Sergei (Once a Thief) and...
Nadia Ramadan from the Syrian culture ministry, played by Joanne Kelly (Warehouse 13).
And these two try to find the lost treasure of Ugarit, as the title says. It's your average run of the mill adventure and Jack and Nadia are set up as a couple from the get-go but, IMHO, Jack has a much better chemistry - and a past too! - with the bad guy...
Albert Littmann, played by Thure Riefenstein.
When Jack was still an impressionable young man, fresh out of school, Littmann took him in and they went on adventures together until Littmann started to get really rough and dangerous, that's when Jack left. But even now, years later and with them being on the opposite sites, Littmann still calls Jack his friend. The vibes, oh, the VIBES! I LIKED it!
And then the twist at the very end, the reveal of who had been actually following Jack! THAT's when it got really interesting and actually good! I didn't expect that bit at all. And I'm now actually looking forward to the follow-up, Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb.
The series introduces us to...
Jack Hunter, a treasure hunter, played by Ivan Sergei (Once a Thief) and...
Nadia Ramadan from the Syrian culture ministry, played by Joanne Kelly (Warehouse 13).
And these two try to find the lost treasure of Ugarit, as the title says. It's your average run of the mill adventure and Jack and Nadia are set up as a couple from the get-go but, IMHO, Jack has a much better chemistry - and a past too! - with the bad guy...
Albert Littmann, played by Thure Riefenstein.
When Jack was still an impressionable young man, fresh out of school, Littmann took him in and they went on adventures together until Littmann started to get really rough and dangerous, that's when Jack left. But even now, years later and with them being on the opposite sites, Littmann still calls Jack his friend. The vibes, oh, the VIBES! I LIKED it!
And then the twist at the very end, the reveal of who had been actually following Jack! THAT's when it got really interesting and actually good! I didn't expect that bit at all. And I'm now actually looking forward to the follow-up, Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb.
