Aha! This movie
had something I was aching to see, a frustrated and tired Flynn Carsen.
I’ve been
watching the whole TV movie series, and I have to say TNT did a good job with
these films. But I’ve been curious and asking myself: with all this running
around the world, saving it over and over again, wouldn’t Flynn be tired and
eager to get a life?
Well, this movie
answers that question.
In the first
movie, he was kicked out of class by a teacher who told him to go get a life.
Flynn then got this job, and I don’t think he found a life—he just found
something else to distract him from the obvious fact that he didn’t have one.
Being The
Librarian means your life is focused solely on service to humanity, but Flynn
wants more. In this movie’s premise, Flynn has a nervous breakdown. This
breakdown causes the library veterans, Charlene (Jane Curtin) and Judson (Bob
Newhart), to doubt whether he’ll return to being The Librarian.
He’s given some
holiday time, and Flynn learns the hard way that being The Librarian means you
don’t get any days off.
In this movie,
Flynn’s female sidekick—which is what he gets in every movie—is Simone Renoir
(Stana Katic). Stana plays Detective Kate Beckett on the ABC series Castle,
where her acting is top-notch and very impressive. But here, it felt more
cheesy, making me wish someone would stick a stake in this woman’s heart—quick.
Simone is a
vampire who’s hunting for the man who turned her. Her path intertwines with
Flynn’s as he hunts for the Judas Chalice. Flynn’s decision to go after the
Judas Chalice is formed when, on vacation, he meets Simone and the men who are
after what she guards—a rare medallion that points to the hidden location of
the Judas Chalice.
Get ready to
meet Vlad Dracula in this movie, but also be prepared to be disappointed by how
he’s taken down and destroyed for all eternity—I guess.
TNT’s decision
to turn this movie franchise into a TV series is a good idea from where I
stand. I just hope we don’t get bored quickly by a bunch of people hunting down
mysteries week in and week out.
Now, I guess I can start watching the series and get up to date with the current order of things.
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