MacGyver - Jagd nach dem Schatz von Atlantis

While this is not the best in class, it is a bit of a hoot when you get Brian Blessed and Richard Dean Anderson playing off each other. How could it be any otherwise? The premise is wonderfully silly and the walk through war torn Europe pointless, but over all the characters are clear and well-defined. The aristocratic baddie, the amoral professor, the smart heroine who needs rescuing, and of course MacGyver who out parodies himself with some wonderful made up solutions, it is hard to predict any of them.

Was it great? Well, it was great fun and still worth watching just to see Brian Blessed's larger than life acting. I am a huge fan of MacGyver, but those purest who whine about this being awful, really are missing the point. From the mullet hair cut to the overzealous Professor to the idea that together they are 'historians' is a bloody hoot! Great escapism that only the 90's could bring us. See it and enjoy it.

This is really one of the best MacGyver adventures that have ever been put to screen! (Although it was just the TV screen release). If the original MacGyver series ever continued on this path (between the show and these two movies there was a ton of design ideas done differently) it could have been an amazing new twist of adventure energy.. Kind of like how the first season felt, you know..?

The supporting cast is also absolutely legendary in this movie. There is no doubt that they were going for the big vibes here, and I really love the vibrations!

It's also amazing how fresh this feels for a MacGyver adventure - it really feels like a whole new section of his life that I would love to explore more!

I'm actually watching this right now. It's on BBC1 at lunchtime on a Sunday, and it is ideal fair for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Forget the comparisons to India Jones - it's a TV movie, it isn't supposed to be oscar quality, or even quality that you'd pay money for. If you liked MacGyver at all, you'll know what to expect, and you'll like this. Nuff said.

This tv-movie picked up right where the series ended and did a great job of delivering another MacGyver adventure! There's lots of great acting by all the cast, and some pretty cool music too. There's plenty of action and of course classic MacGyverisms! A triumphant return for MacGyver to television!

Sunday movie made for TV film with Anderson reprising MacGyver who must find Atlantis, for some reason, and gets involved with serbs who hide out in Battersby Power Station and Brian Blessard overusing his loud voice in EVERY scene.

The plot is horrible, the film is horrible, the action is non-existant and the whole thing sticks of Indiana Jones without the fun, adventure or indeed Dr Jones himself.

Probably made as a cash-in on the Amiga/PC Indiana Jones Game "Fate of Atlantis", it finds MacGyver finding atlantis and its plantium computer...or something.

Its bad. And so is MacGyver's Mullet.