Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Things You Probably Didn't Know About: The Last Templar

  • It's a Made-for-TV movie with the caliber of stars you would expect for something like this.
  • Mira Sorvino is the lead...she plays an archaeologist named Tess Chaykin.
  • The movie opens at a museum where they are displaying ancient artifacts (I'm guessing worth billions of dollars). Tess is one of the attendees. This is where we get to know her and how sassy she is.
  • Suddenly, four men dressed as Templar Knights storm the museum (on HORSES), behead the one security guard standing outside, and steal the artifacts. Well, when one of the men steals a gold cross (which Tess's dad discovered) she yells "Hey! That doesn't belong to you!" and grabs a gold staff and tries to knock him off his horse. When they get away, Tess follows, jumps on a police horse stationed outside the museum (she's wearing a dress and high heels, btw) and follows the man with the gold cross. She meets up with him in Central Park and they have a joust. Yes. A joust. She wins, knocking him off the horse. The police come and arrest her.
  • FBI shows up to the museum led by Agent Sean Daly (say it with me...Scott Foley) who immediately falls for the sassy Tess.
  • Oh yeah, this movie was based on a NOVEL. That means not only did someone take the time to write this story in novel form, but someone published it and then SOLD the rights to make a movie. Someone else then adapted the novel into a screenplay and then someone directed it.
  • Back at FBI, Agent Sean Daly is getting yelled at by his boss (a woman). She says "One of New York's finest is beheaded by a medieval knight."
  • While looking at the video of the robbery, one of Sean's co-workers says to him "They've got helmets on so no tattoos or marks to ID them."
  • Meanwhile, back at home, Tess and her 7-year-old daughter use google search to unlock the secret to the robbery that the FBI and police are too stupid to discover.
  • Tess goes to the hospital to visit her friend who was hurt at the museum (you see? her MALE friend got hurt, but she didn't. She's just as tough, if not TOUGHER than any man). While at the hospital, she learns that the man she jousted is on the same floor. So she casually slips into the room where they keep all the doctor's lab coats (in case anyone needs one) and slips out posed as...a doctor. She goes to the door where the man is being held and easily gets past the security guard. While inside she convinces him to tell her secrets that are over 700 years old and he does, because she is scary.
  • After she leaves, a man shows up, flashes a fake FBI badge, and gets inside (this security guard is doing a great job so far). The man gets inside, bla bla bla, kills the guy, and then leaves.
  • Now, Agent Sean Daly is confused. His only lead in the robbery is dead. So he and the rest of the FBI examine the video tapes from the hospital where he tells his boss "Everyone going into the room checks out...except for a female doctor we haven't been able to identify yet and an FBI agent."
  • This is about 38 minutes into the movie and where I pressed "stop" on the player.
  • You're welcome.

1 comment:

BEM1212 said...

brilliant! more!