Romancing the Stone stars Kathleen Turner as Joan Wilder, a New York romance novelist whose sister Elaine has been kidnapped in Colombia and Elaine's husband murdered but before he is murdered he posts a map to Joan's apartment, a map that is said to lead to a great treasure in Colombia but Joan will need some help (Michael Douglas) along the way in order to find it.
Despite being a clone of Indiana Jones, Romancing the Stone is actually entertaining fun primarily due to it's script balancing the romance with the adventure, Turner is appealing here as is Danny Devito in a small supporting role but the show stealer here is Douglas who is simply great here as the Harrison Ford esque thrill seeker who tends to shoot first and ask questions later.
The film also has a fair few laughs in it as well and the overall spirit of the film had me smiling as well.
So all in all, Romancing the Stone is nicely made fun with a great performance by Douglas, 3 out of 5.
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