MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis

The pinnacle of MacGyver's poetics with everything that it encompasses. Ingenious message: "What are you doing, MacGyver?" "I'm stopping national purges." This is the quintessence of the heroic soul of the shaggy handyman, and other key attributes follow. Somewhat cheap trick shots. Somewhat blatant studio interiors. A somewhat stolen story (Indiana Jones, eat your heart out!). Somewhat declining, but excellent entertainment, definitely better not only from both TV movies about MacGyver, but its atmosphere and gradient surpass even the sometimes sleepy series. Surprisingly, all the ingredients fit, thereby creating a really successful and, in a way, an original creation… (14/07/2004)