The Rendezvous

Rachel goes to Jordan to identify her brother's body, there she is involved in a religious mystery with help of us agent, Jake. They get kidnapped, wander through the dessert, and of course, people whom seem like friends are really enemies.

FINAL VERDICT: OK, reminded me of Romancing the Stone except this takes place in the dessert and it is not as good. OK for a background movie while you do other things.

Wow, this was not what I expected from Stana Katic. The main 'plot' of the movie seems to be how many scenery shots they can get of the Middle East. Although beautiful, that's most of the movie, with a little story thrown in as an afterthought.

The story itself was dull and extremely predictable. It's like it was written by a fourth-grader that wants to be a playwright some day.

It also felt a Lot like Castle in tone. All they needed was Fillion, better writing, and it could have been a Castle movie.

At least in this, Raza Jaffrey couldn't act his way out of a box (which would have been more interesting to see). Even Katic's performance was stiff and almost emotionless.

Except for the panoramic views, it was just plain terrible.

This movie is way too hard to believe any of it. Surviving and kidnaping in the desert like that--ridiculous. The plot also hard to believe

But the scenes of the desert, of Petra, of the Mid-East--very interesting

I thought this movie was interesting and kinda fun. Acting not bad and locations were cool. People may think the plot was far fetched but it's a movie and end of the world conspiracies are always good places to start. If you like to watch Indy or smaller films then you'll enjoy this.

Watching this movie is like watching a prolonged episode of "Castle" without Nathan Fillion. The concept is a good one, the visuals are great. The story is cliche, and the acting is wooden. Perhaps with a good writer and a director who can get more than a mail-in performance from the actors, this could have been a modern day "The Man Who Knew Too Much." Instead, we get "Kate Beckett Gets Lost in the Desert". A waste of an actress's talent and celluloid.