O Tesouro Perdido

The writing was puerile and run of the mill, the director should have flogged. But Steven Baldwin was understated and came across very naturally - there's that.

Released to cable in 2003 and directed by Jim Wynorski, "Lost Treasure" is an action/adventure flick about two estranged brothers (Coby Ryan McLaughlin and Stephen Baldwin) who team-up after finding a map to Columbus' lost treasure on a remote island in Panama. Nicollette Sheridan plays the bush pilot they hire while Scott L. Schwartz & Tami-Adrian George play an entertaining tourist couple for comic relief. Hannes Jaenicke and Jerry Doyle are on hand as heavies.

I'm giving this a relatively low grade because it's TV-budget comic book escapism with a story that's sometimes eye-rolling and not that compelling. But the protagonists are likable, there are a lot of thrills (with numerous explosions, if that's your thang), the locations are good and the story moves right along.

The film runs 90 minutes and was shot in Charlotte, NC, and the Los Angeles Arboretum.

GRADE: C-

This movie was sooooo bad that we had to finish it. Isla is mispronounced throughout the movie. All pronounce it differently. Couldn't producers even look up proper pronunciation? Cell phones miraculously work anywhere. Two idiotic passengers could not stop yammering nonsense about getting their share of treasure. THEIR share! One of the worst movies we subjected ourselves to due to stay at home virus concerns.

I have no idea why these films are still made. "Lost Treasure" -- the over-simplified title says it all. I had no plans to see it at all... I just bumped upon it (however lame that sounds, it's true). William Baldwin with a beard is the 'star' of this film. But what can actors do when they are to play such stereotypical and two-dimensional characters? The film used archive or shelf footages for CGI effects etc. That confirms that it's a low-budget venture after all.

It has a story you have heard/seen million times before. It has actors at their worsts. It has dialogues that encourage fourth-graders to write a screenplay. Nothing in it shows any trace of innovation or originality. How many films such as these are awaiting us in the future?

ok beginning but quickly loosing any shred of credibility, unbelievable and really bad, bad acting by ALL. It must have taken a real effort to make this movie as bad as it is. But the 2nd 2nd Assistant Director is credited......no joke! Stay clear, you have been warned ;-)