30 reviews
Sales Rank: 18179

Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: FOXD2236698D
UPC: 024543266976
EAN: 0024543266976
ASIN: B000FO0A9W

Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1985
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: new, sealed

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
This sequel to 1984's rip-snorting romantic-adventure, Romancing the Stone, is a moderately entertaining tale that pales by comparison to its predecessor. Romance novelist Kathleen Turner and retired soldier-of-fortune Michael Douglas return as a now-complacent couple. Bored with life on a yacht, they find excitement thrust upon them when she accepts a speaking engagement in the Middle East. Once there, she is abducted and finds herself involved with the "jewel" everyone is chasing. Douglas teams up once more with Danny DeVito to rescue his love. Less charming and more predictable than the original, this suffers for one simple reason: the characters have nowhere to go. In the original story we watched Turner blossom from timid storyteller to lusty adventuress. In this flick she is too much like all the other action adventure babes we've seen before. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Product Description
In this sequel to romancing the stone joan is kidnapped by an arab political leader and jack must come to her rescue. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/10/2008 Starring: Michael Douglas Danny De Vito

Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

I like Romancing the Stone better December 20, 2008
D. Krepak
Although I like this movie, I like Romancing the Stone much better. I don't find myself watching this very often but still wanted it in blu-ray. I was disappointed with the video and audio quality of this movie as well as Romancing the Stone. They both are about the same quality in that regard. I was expecting more. Although better than standard dvd it is slightly below average in blu-ray quality.

5 out of 5 stars

OUTSTANDING DVD EDITION November 19, 2008
Adrian Pavel (Bucharest - ROMANIA)
I'm the only one who enjoyed this movie more than Romancing of stone? Actualy i've seen this one 5 years before Romancing, during my childhood and i'm very pleased about this edition.

2 out of 5 stars

Fantastically Bad Cinema: Jewel of the Nile November 2, 2008
GFS3 (Boston)
I had forgotten about the movie "Jewel of the Nile" (1985) until I attended a small performing arts theater tucked into the wilderness of the Lake Region of Maine. There - in a theater that looked more like a barn than a stage -- I caught the rather amusing one-man show of Avner Eisenberg.

He did physical comedy, mostly complicated pratfalls. While perusing his biography in the program, I found this nugget: Eisenberg appeared in "The Jewel of the Nile" as the jewel.

What? I thought, is it even possible that I never watched the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" (1984)? But I had no memory of the movie -none. So when I got home, I rented it.

And it all came back to me - like a horrible nightmare.

"The Jewel of the Nile" is proof that you can't always return to the well. Because sometimes the well water turns into putrid sewage and if you drink it: you will die.

My first reaction was to track down Eisenberg and beat him with a rubber chicken.

"Jewel" is an epic disaster - a sequel so ill-thought out, poorly directed, horribly written, and featuring performances so lackluster one could argue that Michael Douglas wasn't even aware that he was in the movie. And I had seen it before - but had purged the memory from my brain.

I actually turned it off, but the next night, I was drawn back to it like a moth to a candle. The movie was so damn bad that I couldn't help myself. It's unfortunate because "Romancing the Stone" was such an unexpected pleasure. It brought a refresh to the old-fashioned romantic adventure - with some laughs thrown in.

What made "Romancing the Stone" a hit was the chemistry between Kathleen Turner's Joan Wilder and Douglas's Jack Colton. She was the repressed writer and he was the wild, roguish adventurer. The way the two actors played off each other made for a funny, delightful escape.

However, the success led to the rushed making of the sequel the very next year.

And sometimes speed kills.

The biggest problem with "Jewel" is the writing. The script is so improbable that it borders on the ridiculous. We're supposed to believe that Wilder - a bestselling romance novelist - would agree to write a biography about a Middle Eastern dictator she knows absolutely nothing about (he turns out to be a deranged tyrant).

Never mind the outrageous probability that said dictator, Prince Omar (played without irony by Spiros Focas), would even consider personally traveling halfway across the world to recruit a romance writer as his official biographer. The question viewers want answered is: "Why?" Unfortunately, there is no answer.

Then there's an attempt at a plot where Eisenberg - playing an oafish, but lovable religious leader - must be killed by the dictator so he can become the ultimate ruler of this fictional Middle Eastern kingdom before Eisenberg can be. Who this "Jewel" is and how he became a powerful religious icon is never explained. In fact, we're not quite sure what religion we're even talking about.

But forget all the plot holes and the lapses in reason that riddle the script. Hell, forget about the bloated budget and the unnecessary explosions and camel chases (but most of all forget about Danny DeVito, who delivers one of his worse performances ever).

The real problem with "Jewel" is that Douglas and Turner spend the majority of the movie separated.

Amazing, isn't it?

But how can that be, one might ask. Wasn't the success of the first movie the tit-for-tat exchanges between the actors? Wasn't it the super-charged romantic chemistry that ignited the screen the first time?

Apparently, the producers, director and writers forgot about that.

Like most of the movies we feature in Fantastically Bad Cinema - "The Jewel of the Nile" has to be seen to be believed. Just suspend any notion that you might be watching a real movie and dive into one of the most disappointing busts of the eighties.

Why not read some more literate blather at the Dark Party Review at http://darkpartyreview.blogspot.com/.

4 out of 5 stars

Jewel of the Nile - Blu-ray Info October 18, 2008
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
Version: U.S.A / Region A
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:45:55
Movie size: 34,20 GB
Disc size: 40,38 GB
Average video bit rate: 35.28 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 4256 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 4256kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 4.0 / 48kHz / 448kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps

Subtitles: English SDH / Chinese / French / Korean / Spanish
Number of chapters: 25

#Commentary by Director Lewis Teague
#6 Deleted scenes - (HD)
# Romancing the Nile: A winning sequel - (SD - 21 minutes)
# Adventures of a romance novelist - (SD - 8 minutes)
# Theatrical trailer

5 out of 5 stars

One of the best comedy and action movies of all times! October 5, 2008
Cestmoi
It's one of the best comedy and action movies of all times. The dialogues are witty and tickling. The actions are non-stop. The chemistry between the two main characters are sizzling and lovely. I've watched it four times over the years.

I own it. Another favorite comedy of mine is Just Like Heaven.

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