The Lost City
Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.
- Released: 2022-03-24
- Runtime: 112 minutes
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
- Stars: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt, Patti Harrison, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Núñez, Raymond Lee, Thomas Forbes-Johnson, Héctor Aníbal, Katherine Montes, Danny Radhames Vasquez Castillo, Adam Nee, Bowen Yang, Sli Lewis, Olga Bucarelli, Omar Patin, Anthony Alvarez, Ryan Orr, Alex Schoenauer, Edwin Polanco, Marcy Jarreau, Cynthia Oroz, Carolina Rohana, Jonathan Lev, Toussaint Merionne, Luinis Olaverria, Emerson Gonzalez, Wilson Ureña, Roger Wasserman, Stephen Lang, Ryan Judd, Zachary Steel, Marcos Sánchez, Zain Ullah, Joan Pringle, Ryan Orr
- Director: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee
Comments
- jkv-466-844547 - 21 April 2024
Reasons why you should give it a go (no spoilers! :)
It seems that they purposely milked out all the clichés of the romantic / action comedy movies: There is a major random twist at the beginning, some funny and great actors, expectable but still hilarious moments, typical 'villains', a little bit of 'jealousy', a guy that wants to be the hero, a women that's battling with something and looking for a way out and of course the always underrated hilarious friend!
Throw that with great cinematography in the mix and you have a fun, hilarious movie which is amazing to watch nevertheless it can be a bit 'cheesy' at times and for sure there are some hit and miss moments, but those 'miss moments' actually seemed done on purpose, in the "it's so bad that it's good" kinda way!
I disagree with the reviews saying Pitt should've had a bigger part, I actually thought it was funny that he was only there for that time being and it was quite refreshing (especially in this genre) that a romance between two leads wasn't the main focus all movie. Curious what I mean with this? Give it a watch yourself :)
All in all I had put a 7 but after writing this changed it to an 8 because I do think it deserves it, I laughed out loud a couple of times and if you don't take yourself, life and this style of movies too seriously, you will too! - actperera - 29 February 2024
Poor story and and horrible direction
This is a classic case where you can see that poor story and bad direction can not replaced by high end talented actors and actresses.
No matter how many brilliant actors or actresses you use if you can not do the basic thing by selecting a good story or if you are totally clueless on directing, the movie will end up as a flop.
Daniel Radcliffe was somewhat impressive and Channing Tatum was trying his best to make it a palatable movie but Sandra Bullock wasn't even trying I guess.
There were some on and off moments where you feel like you should give a try until the end but overall the flow was painfully awful.
