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An adventurous former librarian sets out in search of the legendary mines of King Solomon in this epic sequel to The Librarian: Quest for the Spear starring Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, an... read more read more...d Olympia Dukakis. Flynn Carsen (Wyle) was a quiet bookworm whose 12 bachelor's degrees, six master's degrees, and four Ph.D.'s weren't earned by risking his life at the far corners of the globe. But now school is over, and the only way to uncover some of history's most exciting secrets is to travel into the field and set out on the adventure of a lifetime. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Frakes

Release Date: October 9, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006

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  • July 24, 2010
    25/07/2010 (DVD)

    Definitely a better quality film then the last one but I'm surprised that they even attempted a sequel, anyway it wasn't a bore so I guess it's all good.

    It's still a little cheesy but it works for the film and as long as it's got a fair amount of interesting r... read moreeasons for me to keep watching then I'll put up with it.

    Not a bad sequel but I reckon the first one was funnier.
  • January 9, 2008
    Pretty basic but enjoyable. The special effects were weak but they were in the first one as well. The ghost we see in the end was pretty bad.
    The character of Flynn is good and I like how he is still clumsy but able to hold his own during the adventures now. I wish they would ... read morehave said what happened to the girl agent though.
    This is a fun series and I look forward to seeing the next one.
  • February 25, 2007
    Okay, for a cheesy made-for-SciFi Indiana Jones ripoff, this is actually fairly entertaining. But that's all I'll give it.

    I think I have a little more respect for it since it actually acknowledges its roots...but yeah, this film is surprisingly hard to dislike, considering I s... read moretarted it ready to rip it a new one. Pop it in the DVD player with a few friends and some popcorn and revel in the cheesiness.
  • December 8, 2008
    Flynn has become a little more accustomed to the action lifestyle. In the opening scene, he is out in the American West playing the Lone Ranger and Tonto. He's trying to escape from another evil organization that has discovered a crystal skull (two years before Indiana Jones so... read moreught the same mythical artifact). He returns to the Library and has a fight with Excalibur, a sword that floats around and has a mind of it's own. And evidently Nicole has left. Well at a birthday party Flynn's mother has planned for him, the filmmakers try to show a bit more of his family background. An uncle character who has traveled all over the world is introduced, and Flynn talks quite a bit about how he really didn't know his father very well. Eventually he's off to Africa like Allan Quatermain, on another adventure to help protect the secret of King Solomon's mines (of course another biblical archeological quest). At the excavation site Flynn meets Emily, who is a scholar like him but has him beat on the number of college degrees she has obtained. So this time instead of brain and muscle working together, it is brain and brain through much of the adventure. The special effects are even more outrageously bad, the jokes are still not very smart, the romance element doesn't really have chemistry, and the plot is way too predictable. Still with Jonathan Frakes directing this one I guess it was a little better than the first.
  • February 22, 2012
    It's a good movie, predictable but good, funny too.
  • January 11, 2011
    I really liked the first one but I was unhappy with their choice of female counterpart for him. In the first one it was all about the woman being the tough one and him needing the saving. I felt myself missing that in this one. I have not seem Noah Wyle in anything else but I fou... read morend that I would like to after seeing the three Librarian movies.
  • October 6, 2010
    So ,what we have here is a combo of Indiana Jones and Harry Potter = fine in concept, unworkable in actuality. Frankly, this film was terrible, worse in fact. Yes, the production may have lacked the resources of the aforementioned franchises, but could we please have some credibl... read moree ACTING!!! It's such a shame to see the decline of Bob Newhart - my heart breaks *sigh*
  • June 20, 2010
    Liking both the Indiana Jones & National Treasure movies... I held out hope for this movie. But while it was semi-entertaining, and had a cool basis of a story line... due to being a low-budget film, it's delivery was disappointing. Definitely paled in comparison to the many ot... read moreher similarly premised (awesome) movies out there!
  • January 16, 2010
    A made for TV movie. I believe there are 3 (as of 2009). You need to watch the first movie to understand the others.
  • November 24, 2009
    Better and bigger in every way than the first, but has a weaker, less maniacal and less fearsome baddie. But the end fight with all sorts of ghosts is truly a feverish and fun spectacle.

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David Cornelius
January 18, 2007
David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

These movies are unabashedly fun, a breezy cocktail of dopey action and broad laughs. Full Review

John J. Puccio
January 12, 2007
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

Much of the time the action is mundane and uninvolving, and the mostly slapstick humor is devoid of many big laughs or smiles. Subtle it is not. Full Review

MaryAnn Johanson
November 30, 2006
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

[G]ets even more, and more effective, mileage out of Flynn's sweet -- and sometimes inadvertent -- heroism, and out of the role-reversal of hero and heroine. Full Review

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