the second live action out for asterix be far good than the glue together element of ten different story that be call the first film and instead stay fairly close to the original comic . in a nutshell and queen cleopatra have make a bet with caeser to build a palace in egypt to show that the egyptian be a great people . royal architect edifis seek the help of asterix and obelix and druid getafix to complete his task . there be several laugh out loud moment and some joke that only the french might get ( jibe at the 35 hour week ) while others that be more universal . the big budget special effect be spectacular but overshadow by the joke from the original comic . depardieu and clavier still work brilliantly a a pair while monica bellucci make perfect cast a cleopatra . also and for fan of the comic the hilarious pirate get a look make up for their absence in film 1 .