Evengyny
Thanks for the memories!
Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
robertsonlh
This is a low-budget film with mostly low budget actors. It is not Academy Award material. It is not intended to be and no one choosing to watch it would think otherwise. It is however, a decently done movie with a cohesive plot, decent writing and acting and an actual story behind it. It drags a little in some places, but is still a lot better than the norm for B-movies. Think Sci-Fi channel with titties in it.The story is not unique, but it is one of the better done of this... genre. Expedition team treks off into the jungle to search for treasure. Bad guys come after them, some of them are killed. There's fighting and shooting and things blowing up, cute girls and an adventure story that makes sense (of a sort). Really, what more do you want?
Pete Davis
Okay, everyone has talked about the bad story line, bad direction, not so great acting. What about all the continuity problems??? Just as a single, and one of the most glaring examples: This group of 7 people are white-water rafting (not too white) down this river. A guy from the shore shoots one of the guys in a raft and he and the other 2 guys fall out of the raft. In the next scene, nobody is even remotely upset about their friend getting shot. In fact, there's no discussion of it whatsoever. They're on the side of the river and Robert Patrick is hitting on Chiara Caselli. Can't blame him, but still... Okay, so then we cut to the next scene. Remember, it was 6 living people and 1 dead last we saw. Now, about 10 or 12 of them are walking through the jungle together? How'd the others get there? Drive? If so, why didn't they all drive instead of white-water raft to this place?This was the most ridiculously stupid movie I've seen in a long time.
ApolloBoy109
I want to know how these kinds of films get money. How does an 'Omega Code' or a 'Vivero Letter' make it beyond the script reading process? Basic writing rules are broken here. The acting including Fred Ward's is pure high school. Now, we all know Robert Patrick is NO ACTOR, but usually he's interesting to watch --- but the writers gave him nothing to say and he ain't that pretty or naked. So why? The worst of it is -- this is suppose to be a tresaure hunt, and as a veiwer half the fun is following the heroes as they go through the steps but there are no steps. What we are given is "No don't blow up the temple. Usually there are keystones that open the door. Let me look. Oh, look, here it is" or my personal favorite, "The symbol is the magician, (we are never shown a close up of the 'tray') so that must mean a river with teeth" Just bad. Purely Bad. Bad. So bad ------------------
moviewiz-4
I've seen this movie on cable tv and thought it will be interesting as "Indiana Jones" series. I was wrong.The story is fine at the beginning and when the final parts are about to come, it changes to a very dull plot with no direction. It seems that Patrick's performance is much more better than the rest because of his acting experience.The leading girl is fine but i can see her looking at the camera instead of looking at the person she supposed to talk to.