Michael Crichton’s time-traveling novel – about a team of archeologists transported to medieval France – comes to the big screen courtesy of seasoned professional Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon). Never quite thrilling, never quite dull, its overriding virtue is its competence. Paul Walker heads the ensemble cast with his usual easy charm, but the script’s reliance on his character to always ask “What does that mean?” doesn’t do anything for his airhead image.
