Rating: PG
Genre:
Adventure
Release Date: 10/14/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol/KO/Mandarin/Cantone
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DDS/DD1/DTS
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Kathleen Turner plays a writer of
adventure stories,
Joan Wilder, who has been having trouble selling her works of late because they aren't remotely believable. The basic problem is that the mousy
Joan has never had any real adventure in her life. All this changes when she receives a frantic phone call from her sister, whose is being held prisoner by evil art dealers in Colombia. It seems that sis has mailed
Joan a map leading to a valuable treasure. Nasty but cowardly
Ralph (
Danny DeVito), cousin of the principal villain (
Zack Norman), has been assigned to claim the map from
Joan. But upon arriving in Colombia,
Joan and
Ralph learn that others of a more homicidal bent are also after the map.
Joan is rescued by soldier of fortune
Jack Colton (
Michael Douglas), who isn't quite clear about his stake in the proceedings.
Jack and
Joan undergo several perilous adventures in the wilds of Colombia. The treasure turns out to be a valuable jewel, which changes hands (one of them severed!) many times before it is swallowed by an alligator.
Joan manages to break free from her pursuers, but
Jack is presumed dead.
Jack returns at the end of the film in Manhattan to surprise
Joan. The sequel to
Romancing the Stone was 1985's
The Jewel of the Nile.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
