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Title: Did We Watch The Same Movie?
Review: Based on all of the positive reviews I read on Amazon, we rented THE LAST TEMPLAR and were thoroughly disappointed--so much so that I wondered if we had watched the same movie!I cannot fault the cast of solid actors that included Scott Foley and Victor Garber but Mira Sorvino portrayed her character like a sorority girl run amok instead of a seasoned archaeologist. And, the director actually shows a talent for staging action sequences. That said, all of this talent simply could not overcome entry-level writing and cliched, sometimes awkward plotting. At the core of this half-baked attempt to meld Indiana Jones with The DaVinci Code is the now-familiar story of the main character coming to grips with faith. As someone who believes in God, I found TEMPLAR's treatment of this theme badly mishandled and embarrassing. The film is around four hours in length and feels twice that long.
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