Legends of the Hidden Temple

It's impossible not to remember the iconic PC game from the 2000s, Zuma Delux, some correlation, probably not, or just the Mexican mythological and/or archeological legend, but other than that the movie is pretty simple, an Indiana Jones for pre kids, cuddly and predictable...

I am happy they brought back this game show. I was a little bit skeptical at first because, you know, how do you take a game show & make it into a movie??? I used to watch it as a kid when it was on air & wish I was able to compete on it. It always looked so cool. I'm glad that they used the original host as the guide as well as the team animals: green monkey, red jaguar, orange iguana, purple parrot, blue barracudas & silver snakes inside the temple & of course Olmec. It also included a lot of the original temple games & rooms from the game show like the Pit of Despair, the Treasure Room, the Quicksand Bog & the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, which is mind-boggling that it took them all night to assemble 3 pieces which, to me, is simple logic but then again the kids on the game show did have a hard time assembling it too. I also enjoyed the back story of Olmec & the temple, as well as the effects. The set design & scenery was beautiful. The writers did a good job on taking everything in the TV game show & expanding on it to make it into a 65 min movie. An oldie but definitely a goodie. I recommend this to all the fans of the game show & bring back the nostalgia of the early 90's.

Siblings Sadie, Noah, and Dudley are with their parents at a jungle resort. Noah is sure that the temple is real while everybody is sure that it's simply a theme park. Tour guide Kirk Fogg gives Noah a map to the hidden temple. The three children get trapped inside the temple and they must search for two halves of a pendant to put everything right.

What kind of parents let their three kids walk off without supervision? These are exactly the kind of kids that would get into trouble. They're dumb and self-possessed. Am I a bad person to suggest that they deserve to lose their kids? It would be better to have the kids be classmates on a school trip. The teacher can lose track of her class. The CGI is relatively good for TV movie. The kids are pretty good with good chemistry. The sets are more theme park than real jungle temple. Overall, it's a good enough kiddie adventure. This is fine for Nickelodeon and fine for young kids.

I know that was a bit harsh,but I did really like this film.First,the good,the characters they are decently developed and acted.The effects and action are decent,and the set design is amazing.The writers did a good job on taking everything in the TV show and expanding it.The humor,some jokes are really clever,like the references to the show ad some word puns.The score is good,and so is the cinematography.Now,the bad,the acting at times is too over the top.I thought that the movie was too fast in the last 30 minutes,and the biggest flaw,too much exposition,almost everything in the movie is explained,like come on,I think the audience can understand the movie without explanations every 5 seconds.All in all,this is a really fun nostalgiac film with a few flaws.

To enhance the fun and nostalgia, I'd recommend watching the game show before the movie to make all the references to the names of the teams more enticing. My only two complaints about the movie are it not having enough suspense and it being too short. It should have been made at least an hour and twenty minutes long. Other than that, the script, tone, pacing, set design, costume design, and acting were executed pretty much perfectly. I also love the fact that the host of the game show itself, Kirk Fogg, makes a couple cameo appearances. The script has a lot of potential for sequels whether it gets to be a series of movies, a miniseries, or a show of its own. There's a lot that can be explored if they were to put the time and money into making it come to fruition.