Joan accepts and leaves with Omar over Jack's protests. Jack later runs into Ralph (Danny DeVito), the swindler from Jack and Joan's previous adventure in Colombia, who demands Jack turn over the stone Jack and Joan found. Shortly after, an Arab, Tarak (Paul David Magid), informs Jack about Omar's true intentions and claims that Omar has the "Jewel of the Nile"; just as Tarak finishes his explanations, the Angelina explodes from a bomb set by one of Omar's men. Ralph and Jack team up to find Joan and the fabled jewel.
After encountering a Nubian mountain tribe, Joan and Jack's romance is rekindled. Joan tells Jack that the jewel is not a gem stone but Al-Julhara. In Kadir, Omar intends to use a smoke-and-mirror special effect provided by a British rock promoter to convince onlookers that he is the prophet who will unite the Arab world. Jack, Joan, and Al-Julhara arrive to expose Omar but are captured. Omar suspends Jack and Joan with ropes over a deep pit (a scenario taken from Joan's biggest-selling novel, The Savage Secret) while Al-Julhara is in a stockade. Ralph, along with the Sufi tribe, arrives in time to rescue the three prisoners.
The following day, Jack and Joan are married by Al-Julhara. While Ralph is genuinely happy for Jack and Joan, he laments once again having gained nothing for his efforts, but Tarak acknowledges that he is a true Sufi friend and presents him with a jeweled dagger as Jack and Joan happily sail away down the Nile.
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Pharaonic Finds: The wonders of Egyptian jewelry come to life in a new book and exhibition from the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts.
By Phyllis Schiller, March, 2021
I'm a huge fan of Romancing the Stone, and I've always remembered it's sequel Jewel of the Nile as somewhat of a disappointment. Well I revisited the film for the first time in about 30 years and time has not made the film any better. It's like the film makers wanted to do the exact opposite of Romancing the Stone. Instead of jungle we get desert. Instead of a jewel we get no treasure. Instead of adventure we get political bickering. Instead of humor and suspense we get.. sigh.
The young writer of the original movie died shortly after the film was made, and that is indeed a tragedy. They could have at least started with a script that honored her memory, but it looks like they rushed out a film as soon as possible to capitalize on the original's unexpected success rather than try to make a decent followup. It's not all bad though, the F16 sequence was pretty cool. But that's about it.
Parents need to know that kids will hear much swearing and see fistfighting and gun battles, although there's no blood. There's also a good deal of stereotyping, as the story relies on swarthy foreigners as bad guys (this time it's Arabs who come out looking bad.) The breasts of "primitive" black woman are shown, and there are plenty of juvenile sexual allusions, including a joke about being stuck in a prison with inmates who want to be "proctologists." The leads also have sex, although there's no nudity involved. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
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The Jewel of the Nile is the 1985 sequel to 1984's Romancing the Stone and once again reunites Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito as they travel to Africa when a ruler enlists their help in locating a precious jewel that has been lost.
An Arab ruler, who meets Wilder at a book signing engagement and says that he's the tough but fair ruler of Kadir. He offers to treat her like a queen at his palace, while she writes a book about him. Jack realizes there's something not right about Omar when an arab, Tarak, tells Jack, adventurer and hero, and Ralph, criminal and redeemed villain, who Omar really is and that he has their greatest treasure, The Jewel Of The Nile, in his possession. Then when Jack's and Joan's ship explodes because of Omar, he decides to team up with Tarak and Ralph and go find the jewel in Omar's kingdom.
Wilder discovers the truth about Omar, that he's in fact ruthless and will keep her captive in his castle until she finishes her book to show the world he's a benevolent ruler, who will unite the arab world. Joan and Al-Julhara, the jewel of the nile and hero, escape and team up with Jack and are able to flee Omar's army. He later captures Jack, Joan, and Al-Julhara and sets up a horrible trap for them but thanks to Ralph they escape. Omar plans to use a british rock and roll technician's smoke and mirrors special effects at an upcoming festival to convince the Arab world that he is a prophet, who will unite the arab world under his rule.
Joan Wilder is hired by Middle Eastern dictator Omar to write a sanitized version of his biography. He holds her prisoner in his fortress until she complies, with Jack Colton attempting to rescue her. It turns out Omar has stolen the sacred jewel of the local tribal peoples. Jack plans to steal back this jewel but in reality the "Jewel" is actually the tribes' holy man whom Omar is keeping captive alongside Joan.
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