Treasure Guards

2011 ""

Treasure Guards

4.7 | 1h30m | en | Adventure

On a dig in the remote Jordanian desert, maverick archaeologist Victoria Carter (Anna Friel) discovers an ancient scroll buried in the ruins of an old temple. It is encrypted with the location of the long lost Seal of Solomon, which, according to legend, was given to King Solomon by God himself. But this mighty treasure is also being sought by, amongst others, Victoria’s estranged father, renowned archaeologist Teddy Carter, who’s soon hot on its trail.

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4.7 | 1h30m | en | Adventure , TV Movie | More Info

Released: September. 30,2011 | Released Producted By: , Country: Germany Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Anna Friel , Raoul Bova , Florentine Lahme

Director

Gaby Beyers

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Reviews

Ed Heath Let me start by saying I love Anna Friel. I would watch her reading the phone book. But this movie is almost less interesting. The male romantic lead and his "brother" are a little hard to understand, and the concept of "treasure guards" is a notch below how the believable the Librarian is. And what-his-name Raoul the guy is hard to understand. But what makes it clear how bad the filmmakers are is the fight scenes (impossible to follow) and the montages. The concept of the seal of Solomon is no worse that most other movies, but the writer(s) do not know how to tell a story. The directing is okay as long as no one is moving too fast, but nothing special. But I love Anna Friel.

Theo Robertson Despite having a very mediocre average rating of 4.7 the comments on this page have been overwhelmingly positive towards TREASURE GUARDS and I can't help wondering why . It's not dreadful in the same way a large amount of films shown on SyFy are dreadful but one wonders if my fellow commentators caught this on the SyFy Channel expecting yet another mockbuster from The Asylum only to be pleasantly surprised by this English language German production It's far from original and owes a fair bit to NATIONAL TREASURE and the Indiana Jones films . Most obvious of all it's inspired by the pot boiler blockbusters of Dan Brown where biblical myth and faith and historical fact meets the present day . Were it differs from a Brown tale is the constant emphasis of danger and incident around every corner . Here however everything is much more slow burning which possibly lends it a slight sense of credibility but not by much . Also interesting that one of the screenwriters used to contribute to the European soap debacle from the BBC called ELDORADO . This might explain the rather soapy character interaction between the female lead and her father in a film that is far from adventurous

TheLittleSongbird Not without its flaws mind. The pace does meander in the last half-hour or so which makes the ending not as exciting as it could have, the story does have instances where it could have been explained more and where there was a suspension of disbelief and Raoul Bova and Volker Bruch are rather stiff and could have enunciated their lines much more clearly. However for a made for TV movie(a label that is enough to make anybody dubious) this is decent stuff, a million times better than anticipated. The production values are good, there isn't anything flashy but at the same time there is nothing that leaps out as amateurish. The music has moments where it rouses and also where it's low-key, both characteristics used well and appropriately. The dialogue is smart and provokes thought, while generally the story is well-paced, not too predictable for a concept that isn't all that original admittedly and has its fair share of fun and thrills. There are definitely moments where you are reminded of past adventure films but nothing that feels like a rip-off. The characters are likable though the types of characters are familiar(to be honest though that was expected), and the acting is above average apart from Bova and Bruch. Anna Friel in fact is very believable in the lead role, and Andre Jacobs is a good father figure. David Sherwood is underused but also brings admirable support. All in all, a quite decent movie that was also a pleasant surprise, considering how many terrible made for TV movies there have been recently and how the concept was suggestive of a perhaps mildly entertaining but uninspired movie. 6/10 Bethany Cox

David Love Surprisingly watchable. Anna Friel (best thing to come out of Rochdale since Gracie Fields) is lovely as archaeologist Victoria Carter. Frankly if it hadn't been for her I wouldn't have stuck with it.Unfortunately she does eclipse her 'co-stars' Raoul Bova and Volker Bruch who are wooden and difficult to understand. Scenes with just the two of them are painful. And they do spoil the film.I actually thought David Sherwood was good as Professor Elgar but he doesn't pop up much, either in this film, or on film generally. Shame. Andre Jacobs, as her dad, does a good impersonation of Roger Moore. But we don't see much of him either. Until they all get together at the end.There's a bit of topless nudity early on (not Anna) and the whole thing sets off at a fair old pace as she discovers an ancient parchment that may reveal the location of the seal of Solomon.The plot wasn't easy to follow but the dialogue was believable, at least the bits I could understand. Not bad for a writer who cut her teeth on Eldorado! Anyone remember that? Anyway I'm going to be generous and give it a six.