El Dorado

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.

Jack Wilder (Shane West, "Nikita") teams up with Maria Martinez (Natalie Martinez) and the computer expert Gordon (Elden Henson, "Mockingjay") to search for El Dorado, the city of gold. Mercenary Grissom (Luke Goss) is supposed to stop him by all means, because the gold owners fear for a drop in value of their gold if a huge additional amount gets on the market. This is not making any sense, because historical artifacts would be locked into a museum, not molten and sold on the regular market, but anyway, it gives the villain the big advantage that he needs not to steal the artifacts, only destroy them, which allows more firepower. Grissom tries a partnership with General Mata (Julio Oscar Mechoso), Jack Wilder also gets an offer he can't refuse, and soon we have at least 4 different parties pursuing and fighting each other over the gold before it's even been found...

In the first half, they try at least to set up a story, but in the second half they give up and fill the time with explosions, gun battles and car chases. Given the poor effects and poor acting (especially Shane West seems to be limited to staring at a certain angle which makes his forehead look impressive), entertainment at a very mediocre level. If you are looking for a good Indiana Jones rip-off, look elsewhere.

"El Dorado: Temple of the Sun" is an adventure movie in the likes of "Indiana Jones", "The Jewel of the Nile" and "The Librarian". Set in South America, the movie kicks off in high speed and never really slows down.

The story is pretty much similar to what you would find in the afore mentioned movies. A treasure/relic hunter is looking for an ancient artifact (or in this case, the City of Gold), and being chased in hot pursuit by someone wanting the very same thing. So it is pretty much textbook script here. But despite it being an "Indiana Jones" clone, the story did work out well enough. Only one thing did puzzle me; who was the 'bad guy' working for? And truth be told, at the end when you find out, I was shaking my head in disbelief, because that was a bit ridiculous. But you will see for yourself...

Being set and filmed in South America was great, because it was like you were there yourself, running around in the jungle looking for treasure. And the sets throughout the movie were nice as well.

One thing always amuse me, and that is how poorly bad guys are at shooting when trying to hit the main characters of the movie. It is so wrong. When they shoot at other non-important people, such as the native people, they have perfect aim, but once the guns turn towards the heroes, the aim becomes way off. That is so old and so cliché that it just doesn't work anymore.

The cast in "El Dorado: Temple of the Sun" was pretty good, and most memorable were Shane West (playing Jack Wilder), Luke Goss (playing Col. Sam Grissom) and Natalie Martinez (playing Maria Martinez).

If you like adventure movies, then "El Dorado: Temple of the Sun" is definitely worth checking out, because it is action and adventure from the very start and till the very end.

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............. ......... ........ ............... ........... ........... .......... ............. .................... ........ .......... ............. ................... ............. ..................... ..................... ................. .. ................... ................. ................... ............ ................... ............. ................ .............. .

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.