The real star of the film is the Loculus, an ancient religious piece with huge historical significance to many. Wikipedia dot com tells us the general definition for loculus is small place or satchel. Over the centuries, various experts and leaders have tried to break down its meaning, without success. Terence Stamp is Lord Martel, the most recent guardian of the ancient object. He asks his nephew Jake (James D'Arcy), an expert code breaker, to find it and destroy it before it falls into the wrong hands. Kind of a Temple of Doom meets DaVinci Code adventure. It's filmed in very low light, so we miss a lot of what's going on. That may account for the low rating, after 1500 votes on imdb. The film also references the discussion of Newton's work in chemistry and the occult. As wiki points out, studying and publishing chemistry and/or magic was forbidden in england during this time, so we may never discover the real extent of Newton's work in this area. Some beautiful filming locations, as Jake and Mira (Natasha Wightman) run around searching. And having awkward sex. It's pretty good. Not as bad as the ratings would have you think. The ending is a little confusing... open to interpretation. Which is probably what the writer intended. Pretty good stuff. Directed by brit director Stuart Urban. Has won a couple BAFTAs. Story by Frank Falco.
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