Jack Hunter (film series)

Jack Hunter is a 2008 American archeological adventure film series (in the vein of the Indiana Jones franchise.) It consists of three parts: Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit, Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb and Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven.

The series has been described as a low-budget blatant ripoff of Indiana Jones. On the film review site Jumping Sharks it is snarkly, sarcastically & bluntly summed up as

"let me make it crystal clear – this is a completely original miniseries, in no way stealing anything at all from Indiana Jones. Nope. No siree. Well, maybe just a bit. Okay, maybe a bit more than a bit. Oh, alright – they basically copied Indiana Jones, right down to his trademarked hat."

Plot

Part 1: The film begins with Jack stealing a stone tablet from a French museum... Young archaeologist Jack Hunter planned only to take a picture of a cuneiform tablet from once unsurpassed Mesopotamian metropolis Ugarit in present Syria, but is caught and has to steal it from a private museum in France. He refuses to join his mentor, professor Frederic "Freddie" Shaffer, who believes the poem is a coded treasure map, on a relic hunt, until his friend is murdered to steal it. The obvious suspect is Syrian artifact trader Ali, so Jack flies to Damascus. There he must accept working with local, US-educated colleague Nadia and her driver Tariq. Their lives are threatened during the long relic quest, for one by common nemesis Albert Littman, but another secret lurks too.

Part 2: Akhenaten, a pharaoh who raided Ugarit, stole its treasure and the second piece of the Star of Heaven. If Jack and his team find the tomb, they will find the treasure and the Star. Loads of action and mystery await.

Part 3: The final piece of the puzzle and final film in the film series. It seems the Romans got to Akhenaten's Tomb first. The race is on to see if Jack and his friends can find the treasure and recover the Iris back from Littmann and the Russians.

Cast

Part 1: Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (Original Air Date: 23 December 2008)

Ivan Sergei – Jack Hunter

Joanne Kelly – Nadia Ramadan

Thure Riefenstein – Albert Littmann

Susan Ward – Liz

Mario Naim Bassil – Tariq

Mehmet Polat – Doridanov

Part 2: Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb (Original Air Date: 30 December 2008)

Ivan Sergei – Jack Hunter

Joanne Kelly – Nadia Ramadan

Thure Riefenstein – Albert Littmann

Alaina Huffman – Lena Halstrom

Susan Ward – Liz

Mario Naim Bassil – Tariq

Tuncel Kurtiz – Said

Sinan Tuzcu – Mustafa

Savas Özdemir – Riyad

Alper Kul – Eyhab

Mehmet Polat – Doridanov

Orbay Sayu – Boat captain

Volga Sorgu – Truck driver

Emre Cosar – Egyptian soldier

Part 3: Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (Original Air Date: 6 January 2009)

Ivan Sergei – Jack Hunter

Joanne Kelly – Nadia Ramadan

Thure Riefenstein – Albert Littmann

Alaina Huffman – Lena Halstrom

Susan Ward – Liz

Mario Naim Bassil – Tariq

Mert Yavuzcan – Fuad Antaki

Teoman Kumbaracibasi – Petrovsky

Fatih Haciosmanoglu – Inspector Fatih

Mehmet Polat – Doridanov

Michael Halphie – Armen Antaki

Esin Eden – Widow

Tansu Biçer – Monk

Silay Ünal – Young woman

Lilie Lossen – Nun

External links

• Jack Hunter at IMDb