The lost city

​"The lost city"

Watched English movie "The lost city". 

Direction: Adam Née, Aron Née. Story: Seth Gordon. Produced by Sandra Bullock and others. Cinematography Jonathan Sela. Music by Pinar Toprak. It features Sandra Bullock, Daniel Radcliff, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Nũnez, Patti Harrison, Hector Anibal, Thomas Forbes. The movie was released in 2022 and runs for about 1 hour 52 minutes. I watched it on Netflix with Aditi on 5th Dec 2023.

Sandra is a novelist who lost interest in everything after her husband dies. Protagonists of her novel are a female doctor and her macho friend. A real life macho model (Dash) is used on book cover. One day after her new book launch, she is kidnapped by Daniel because she is the only one who can decipher an ancient language that will reveal the location of the lost city and lead him to fire crown, a crown that is expected to be priceless. Dash ropes in Brad to rescue her.

It’s an action movie. Action choreography is good but the actions are short on imagination. Most of the movie is shot on an island. It’s stunning, beautiful and cinematography is good. 

Sandra appears ill and still can’t act. Brad has a cameo and is wasted unnecessarily. Channing is good. Daniel plays a comic villain but doesn’t look like a villain. Others play supporting roles.

The protagonists of her novel appear to be lifted from Andy McDermott’s characters (Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase).

This movie earned 3 times the production cost. So it can be called a success.

Positives: Locations and cinematography. 

Negatives: Story, weak characters.  

Not a must watch.