The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice is the last film of the three films of The Librarian franchise. It stars Noah Wyle as Flynn Carsen,the former perpetual college student who now works as a librarian that protects a secret collection of artifacts such as that from the likes of Vlad Dracula and his vampire hordes.Bob Newhart,Jane Curtin,Stana Katic and Bruce Davison co-stars.In this TV movie,Flynn Carson is on a mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice when a French beauty Simone rescues him from dying.Unknowingly,Simone is into something deviant and evil behind her charm and beauty.Also,Flynn goes into New Orleans and tries to search the rumored remains of Prince Vlad Dracul wherein evil people intends to bring him back to life.This is probably the best of the three films.It is funny,enjoyable and entertaining.Also,it was less cheesy and provided some realism into the story.We also have great performances from the cast.Worthy of mention is Bob Newheart who was nominated for an Emmy.What's also interesting is the fact that we have seen the complete transformation of Flynn Carsen from being a perpetual student to a worthy librarian that will go against the evildoers and risk his life for the protection of the memorable artifacts.Overall,this great TV sequel is probably one good reason why The Librarian is now an on-going TV series.

Well I've enjoyed the other two parts of the movie , and I had high expectations for this one too. I wasn't wrong. If you want a funny adventure movie, filled with action and thrills this isn't a bad choice. It's a great one. Although I wouldn't let someone under 12 watching it, especially if it will be played at night. Some vampire scenes ( a few I have to say) will make your heart go faster. The plot of the movie is well constructed and it is light and refreshing. A young librarian who saves the world and fights vampires and former KGB agents ,just in time to rescue ( or in this case, be rescued by) the gorgeous maiden in distress. What can you want more for a Friday or Saturday evening movie ? I have to admit, there are some history issues, easter European medieval history ( I'm from Romania and I do know my history) but this will only make the movie interesting to watch. It will bring a new perspective over some boring stuff. To sum it up ... Go and rent this movie. It will be fun. How often do you see the nerd getting the gorgeous gall ?

How I love these movies! Sure, there is nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary about them, but the combination of humor (Jane Curtain, Bob Newhart,) Good direction (jonathan Frakes,) and a good solid lead (Noah Wyle,) just makes for enjoyable television. One of the most wonderful things about the series is that it doesn't presume the lowest common denominator on the part of the audience's intellect. It seems to be a series full of historic references that are designed to be aimed at people who can appreciate them. I very much enjoy the whole setup to the characters themselves. They are each given delightful backstorys that are fun as well as convincing. I have seen this compared to the Indiana Jones movies. While I agree with that in concept, I think there is a certain playfulness in these movies that the more serious...and far more expensive...Indian Jones films lack. My only regret is that these movies only come out every couple of years. I think that it would be great if this were turned into a regular series...or at least a few of them each year. These movies, to me, make up for the wasteland that is most of "normal" television programming.

If I had not watched the first two Librarians back to back before the third one I would not be so critical. The vampire theme was OK but the whole production seemed to suffer from the bean counters bringing down the quality of the movie. Cheap sets, dark lighting and background music drowning out the actors made it a tedious two hours. There seemed to be very little chemistry between Noah and Stana - what there was seemed forced and over the top. The relationship between Noah and Sonya Walger was much better and much more believable. In one scene Stana beats up the bad guys but in the next they easily capture her. Even the bad guys just seemed to be just phoning it in. I know it's tough to try to live up to the first one which in my opinion was by far the best but it seemed like someone said, "How cheaply can we make this and still keep the audience?" I hope they learned a lot from this one. I will probably not be adding it to my DVD collection.