El Dorado

A-Team and Airwolf are much better than this though!

Adventure Movieslike Indiana Jones work, because you never know whats coming next with the situations the characters find themselves in - there are many plot twists interlaced with 'fish out of water' characters who react with emotional range to their various situations - for example being trapped against a dead end wall in a temple with the Nazis/Baddies after them, Jones and his companions would show panic and terror before accidentally grabbing the right spot on a nearby sculpture which reveals a hidden door, perhaps by the woman trying to hit him for getting him into this mess! In Indiana Jones characters are highly antagonistic to each other, providing not only humour but dramatic opportunities and interest for the viewer. You become involved in the characters and the basic pantomime 'good and evil baddies and myth' story works.

NOT THIS MOVIE THOUGH!

This has none of the above - cardboard cutout characters are stuck in place with a total lack of reactions and humorous situations. The plot flies from basic pantomime 'good and evil baddies and myth' A to B, the goodies chased by the baddies without any emotional interest for the viewer.

A scene typifies the whole film - the characters are trapped against a dead end wall with the baddies after them, Jack, the female lead and his geek sidekick are seemingly trapped and dead. But of course they are not. Jack simply hits the right spot so the wall raises and then comes down and hides them. There is no explanation how he knows to do this. But you knew that is exactly what would happen, being used to it from watching the simple plot and scriptwriting. It's rather boring.

There are no real problems for the hero, Jack in the script - unlike Jones (played as a character with human faults) he is played as a alpha male real man who can simply do anything. The squeaky geek sidekick will of course never get any serious attention of the woman while a realman like Jack is around. Jack is played as a deadpan character with few emotions who can always push the right lever or button. The woman is strong willed but always falls in place next to Jack. All this is set in stone from the start. There is little in the way of antagonism or any dynamic between the characters while the baddies are after them, and for all these reasons a total lack of interest from the viewer. Add in a few explosions and helicopters like in the A-Team/Airwolf episodes and there you have it. 3/10.

Worst movie I've seen this year...Bad acting, bad screening, everything's bad about it... CGI from the stone age... I really can't find my words to describe such a fail of a movie. And I thought Indiana Jones was lame... Shane West, Oh God!!! He doesn't have the slightest idea about acting... everything he does is completely foreknown by any ten year old child watching. It is so obvious that he is "performing". And the other sidekick, Elden Henson, worse than everything you can imagine... However, I would recommend you to watch it, C-movie section............. ......... ........ ............... ........... ........... .......... ............. .................... ........ .......... ............. ................... ............. ..................... ..................... ................. .. ................... ................. ................... ............ ................... ............. ................ .............. .

if you do not ignore than "El Dorado" is part of a precise genre, the film is more than decent. the recipes is used in right manner, the ingredients are the classic ones, the charm of Shane West is enough for a sort of Indiana Jones with great virtues or sins,Luke Goss did a not bad job and the adventure is pretty nice. the adventure, the massacred myth and the fight for treasure. nothing surprising. like each film with so precise target, it is easy to say than the disappointment is yours fault. because the acting or the special effects or the story are reasonable and it is bizarre to expect more. so, new version of a sort of story so well known. sure, in better versions.

Found the movie version of this, I do see how others see this is an Indiana Jones rip-off. Its still interesting and good in its own way. Then again, he isnt that likeable, when he actually talks to people, mainly because he is always fighting everyone.

This man explores places, gets chased, starts explaining what El Dorado is because the other geologist chaser doesnt know what it is (but also me as a viewer I dont know anything of this legend) But as a movie plot, it don't make sense that this women he explains to that she is suppose to be super talented and knowledgable, doesnt know about El Dorado.

I think this could be a good series either way, if it had continued, memorable leads technically.

This has great chase scenes, like very actioby and creative with the bulls. But also, cliff hanger of an ending...

As Audio Engineer, the sound team should be fired! Episode one was watchable. I could only stand the first few minutes of Episode two, the audio was so terrible I couldn't bear it.

The scenery in Peru is beautiful! The several elements of CGI were so obvious - sad. I didn't have a problem with the acting for the most part, and the story was fun although I really wanted the bad guy dead from the very beginning.

But all of the acting and wonderful scenery becomes moot if you can stand to listen to it. I gave it 3 stars primarily for the scenery.