Review of The Jewel of the Nile (1985) by David Ansen for Newsweek — 15 Mar 1988
The major problem with the sequel therefore is really the script, which was not written by Diane Thomas and which, coincidentally, did not meet with immediate approval by Turner. And so instead of surprising us in the rapid-fire manner of the original, ''The Jewel of the Nile'' takes people we know and runs them ragged through a new but unappealing location--the Arab desert--as they get caught in the middle of a holy war that doesn`t have much entertainment value given the recent number of incidents involving real-life terrorism in the area.
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This review of The Jewel of the Nile (1985) was written by David Ansen and published by Newsweek on 15 Mar 1988.
The Jewel of the Nile has generally received mixed reviews.
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