The moviemakers only paid for the top half of their heads. It didn’t go well.
The Librarian: Quest For The Spear (2004) is a comedic adventure story along the lines of, but created before, the unrelated Warehouse 13 (2009-2014) television series. This, the first in the series, introduces the Library, located in an unnamed American city; their induction of a new Librarian into his position; his introduction to his staff of assistants; and the first task.
The search for the bits and pieces of the Spear of Destiny (see the unrelated Constantine (2005)) is the task du jour, not to mention surviving multiple capture/assassination attempts, leaping from an airplane sans parachute, surviving the amour of his bodyguard (just kidding!), and, well, I’m sure other things.
And that’s the thing, isn’t it? Remembering this story isn’t in the cards. It’s fun, yes, and the Librarian has his moments, along with experienced comedians in supporting roles. The cast is not inferior.
It’s the story. It needed multiple rewrites and a rethink to discover what they were trying to say, and it didn’t get it.
See this if you need to pass some time, but don’t look for important life lessons, except for those of persistence and knowledge.
So much knowledge.
