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ACTOR
Richard BurgiWendy GlennSam RedfordDavid Rintoul
DIRECTOR
Todor Chapkanov
SYNOPSICS
Crystal Skulls (2014) is a English movie. Todor Chapkanov has directed this movie. Richard Burgi,Wendy Glenn,Sam Redford,David Rintoul are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2014. Crystal Skulls (2014) is considered one of the best Action,Adventure,Fantasy,Sci-Fi,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
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Crystal Skulls (2014) Reviews
Physics? What Physics
Well what can I say about this made for TV movie? The acting was not bad, although some of the support actors would have had trouble getting into am-dram productions. the story line was the same old 'quest' story, searching for that elusive artifact. One good point was a baddie that actually admits his mistake and works with the Indiana Jones type hero to save the world. However;... . . In my opinion there should be an international law (UN help please) that anyone other than script writers with a physics degree, should be banned from writing sci-fi scripts/teleplays. The worst thing about this movie was the total disregard for science. the continuity in the film is totally missing. In the first part of the film a cave collapses, seemingly covering the floor of the enormous cavern. Later the same cave appears again, but there is no sign of the cave-in and the nice path remains clear of rubble. Nice clean-up Sweden. Then there is the quick rescue when a helicopter crashes in Sweden and a team is sent out from Vienna (that's Austria, at least a thousand miles away) and the rescue team find them and get them back within the hour. That's some helicopter they have. No wonder most Americans don't have a clue about geography.
BAD PLACE TO AUTO ROTATE
Billionaire William Hadden (David Rintoul) is collecting crystal skulls from around the world in Vienna. He is in a wheel chair and "doesn't have much time." He has twelve skulls. There is a group known as "The Brotherhood" protecting the 13th skull, the one skull to rule them all. There is no albino in the group. The best hope for locating the 13th skull fall into the lap of John Winston (Richard Burgi) who is a bad imitation of Indian Jones. The film was poorly written. The opening scenes of gathering the skulls were reminiscent of the Indian Jones warehouse housing artifacts as well as a quick Mission Impossible snatch. Nothing like an Englishman doing business with an Eastern European in a remote Andean village bar with a suitcase full of money. When the film wasn't imitating other films, the science was off the charts. There was talk of carbon dating crystal skulls to 500,000 years ago. First you can't carbon date crystal skulls. Secondly, carbon dating has a limitation of about 40,000 years. The science was all over the place. Then there was dad's notebook Winston was using to locate the skull, and maybe find his dad too. This was a big "huh" moment as to how he has the book in the first place. This was answered later on in great length. The acting was bad as was the dialogue. The CG plane made me laugh as did the reporters speaking in front of a fake background. Colonel Baily (J.R. Esposito) seemed to have been modeled after Daniel Tosh as part of NATO's not ask don't tell force. The film displayed some Asylum grade cheese, i.e. it is so bad it was funny. The description "It is 2020 and the apocalypse is inevitable. Due to a rapidly growing Black Hole headed straight for the Sun, Earth begins to fall into darkness." has nothing to do with this film. It is at IMDB and has become the official Amazon description. It should be ignored. This is an Indian Jones style film for people who hate decent sound tracks, good plot, and acting. Kids might like it. No swearing sex, or nudity.
promising idea, poorly executed
For starters, this movie bears no relation to the film info listed here "It is 2020 and the impending apocalypse is inevitable. Due to a rapidly growing Black Hole headed straight for the sun, Earth begins to fall into darkness" nothing to do with THIS film in any way shape or form. Some interesting special effects and a relatively promising storyline, let down by some implausible moments of scene setting, lots of British actors on-board. Its not terrible, just nowhere near as promising as the incredibly misleading tag-line. I often find movies based on such leading intros and this just misleading, it's simply wrong as if it has been written about another film entirely. I hope this didn't come from the studio themselves and its simply been miskeyed. if anyone were to invest money in a project based on an outline like this they'd be more disappointed at the result than I was with watching it.