Though his appearance suggests anything but "action star," Rajinikanth delivers the sort of relentlessly over-the-top performance that earned him the adoration of millions of fans in India, where his popularity is roughly on par with Jackie Chan's in Asia during the height of his Hong Kong film period.
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The film's primary raison d'etre is to serve as the English language debut of Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who plays a cab driver caught up in the jewel hunt. The framing story is inconsequential, following newlyweds Brett Stimley (who played JFK in both Zach Snyder's "Watchmen" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon") and Anna Nicholas (now an author, director, and playwright) after they accidentally obtain the titular ruby, which puts them in the crosshairs of suave villain Christopher Neame (whose character possesses the amazing name Ludwig Van Hoeven). Sure, it doesn't have the visceral punch of the "Raiders" ending, but you still have to appreciate their ragged-but-right effort. Having finally secured jewels from two of the crowns (only three in total are featured in the film), Anthony's face melts, his head spins around, and flames shoot out of his shirtsleeves.
Lacking the budget to pull off "Raiders"-quality effects didn't keep Anthony and crew from attempting a visual assault on the senses in the film's finale.
Anthony - an American actor and award-winning producer who appeared in a string of enjoyable spaghetti Westerns - co-writer Lloyd Battista, producer/co-star Gene Quintano, and director Ferdinando Baldi scored a modest 3-D hit in 1981 with the Western "Comin' At Ya!" That film set the template for their approach to 3-D by hurling a small department store's worth of implements at the screen "Four Crowns" ups the ante by tossing balls of fire, severed heads, skeletons, dogs, and even the rubble of a demolished castle at viewers.
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