Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove

I sat down in 2021 to watch the 2020 movie "Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove" with my 11 year old son. We were hoping for a wholesome family entertaining movie here from writers Jeffrey Butscher and Chip Fraser.

And while "Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove" was watchable, it was just ultimately not an overly impressive movie, as it felt very cluttered and not particularly structured in its storyline. And this definitely held the movie back from properly delivering what was expected.

For a movie made in 2020, then I am just dumbfounded at the horrible green screen scenes in the movie. They were so fake that even a blind man would go "oh you've got to be kidding". And even my son was pointing out how horribly fake it looked. So that was not a great thing for the movie.

I have to admit that I sat down to watch "Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove" with somewhat of an expectation to the movie given the fact that the movie had Malcolm McDowell, Eric Balfour, Patrick Muldoon and Denise Richards on the cast list. But after having sat through the entire movie, I am a little bit puzzled at why they were in a movie such as this as it turned out.

Director Rick Spalla didn't really manage to deliver a memorable movie, much less a wholesome entertaining one either. Sure, the movie was watchable, but it was just too mundane and it is one that will quickly fade into oblivion for me.

My rating of "Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove" lands on a four out of ten stars.

Didn't even hold the attention of my 8-year-old.

Nothing wrong with the acting, was fair. The story was pretty bad and the effects were worse.

...And how is it that in "200 years" a whole town couldn't find the treasure but, these kids find it in one day - and the door wasn't even locked.

Won't be watching this again on a family movie night.

If you accept it for what it is -- a made for cable TV movie -- it is on par with Nickelodeon and Hallmark, e.g., The Good Witch. Better than Stowaway 2021.

The one thing I don't understand is why Maddie McCormick (Betsy / Constance) tries to pull off an australian accent. Demerit against the director.

What is the mystery?. The mystery is how an actor of McDowell's standing can end up in this c-movie tosh. Most of the acting is amateurish and the special effects are derisively laughable. He who starred in 'Clockwork Orange, If, Aces High and Caligula, to name but a few and surely was considered among the elite of Britain's great character actors has sunk to this...how sad..

Well, it's kinda like The Goonies, but without the cast, the acting, the characters, the story, the clever dialogue, the genius directing, the credibility, the props, the visuals, the overall loveability... Ah, forget it. It's nothing like the Goonies. It's just nothing.

I only give it two stars on account of the occasional spark of genuine comedic brilliance from the supporting actors; very rare, though... Give it a miss. You're missing, well, nothing.