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Not worth watching - The Lost City review by RunDeckardRun

I agree with most of the other reviewers here: lacklustre direction (from two directors!); awful dialogue (constant half-completed sentences) that just becomes irritating; and runs out of steam about two thirds of the way through. I didn't expect much, but I did expect better than this. There are a few amusing moments but they soon fade away and, for me, Sandra Bullock comes across as a bit bored with the whole thing.

Hugely disappointing and not worth wasting a rental credit on.

If Romance Leaves You Stone Cold, Avoid This [see what I did there] - The Lost City review by Strovey

Whilst the Lost City (of D) might have been elusive and hard to find the romantic, opposites attract story it is wrapped in is familiar with nothing you have not seen before over many years. Here is the problem, no matter your age and film-watching experience you have seen this done, many times. In fact, many times over the years starring Sandra Bullock who is the female lead and executive producer of The Lost City.

The brothers Adam and Aaron Nee jointly helmed the film, it would be fair to say this would be their biggest film with some serious A-listers in the cast. They also shared screenwriting with Orien Uziel and Dana Fox, so for good or bad their fingerprints are all over this film.

The film garnered some very positive reviews when it arrived in cinemas and some good PR so with the Blu-Ray dropping onto my doormat, I was looking forward to a light entertaining romp that would put me in mind of Romancing the Stone.

Perhaps it is my age, the specific time in my life, or just my increasing grumpiness but the overwhelming feeling of familiarity certainly diminished my enjoyment.

Comically the film is at its best when it introduces the main protagonists, Bullock playing the serious academic widower who wanted to write important serious works but ends up making a great living from trashy romantic potboilers is in her cinematic comfort zone, too comfortably if truth be told, and Channing Tatum increases his portfolio of dumbos-muscle bound jocks who turn out not to be – all safe and cosy. Supporting these main two we have Daniel Radcliffe bearded, suited and booted, the pleasant face of unapologetic nastiness, easily the best thing in the whole film, closely followed with a knowing wink and nod by Brad Pitt as the super-hero ex-special forces hippy Jack Trainer - a personal trainer. So far so good and it would seem great ingredients for a fun romp.

There is fun to be romped but it is all too familiar and where the laughs do come early these slowly turn into chuckles and snorts as we progress. Da'Vine Joy Randolph rolls up as, I am not kidding, the sassy black friend, well agent, who is really Loretta’s friend. Honestly, is this as far as we have got? There was no sassy gay friend I suppose. The role was pointless and purposeless and frankly Randolph’s comedic talents could have been used better. We also were treated, yet again to Channing Tatum’s buttocks once more, and ho-hoo Sandra Bullock’s character Loretta then has her breath taken away when she sees (we don’t) his presumably massive shlong when he forgetfully turns around sans trousers – it was sooooo funny I wondered why other film’s had not used this comic event in their stories….I will not touch on the chemistry between the leads either, because there was very little.

Although fun could be found throughout the running time, I was thinking do we really need another perilous situation romantic comedy again, and also does Sandra Bullock need to muscle in on male-movie-star-trope that does not need muscling in on? At 58 years old with a good catalogue and no mean influence in the industry does the well-established actor need to be playing a role like this?

If I am being a little mean, but ultimately honest, I was disappointed in the film and especially in the star who can turn her hand to most roles going back down a well-worn path to make a film that has to be exceptionally good to stand out from the thousands of others in the field.

It does not.

Crash,bang,wallop? - The Lost City review by NR

Poor update of Romancing the Stone,as other's have noted.

Lots of noisy action,but very little of the quirky charm and spirited performances of the original.

Sandra Bullock is alway's watchable,and she is very capable of comedy too,but she seems to sleep walk through this lot.

Nick

Mediocre Comedy Adventure - The Lost City review by GI

An amiable comedy adventure that will appeal to anyone just wanting a film that requires no real thought but it's really just a lacklustre and vague remake of Romancing The Stone (1984) with the obvious influences from the Indiana Jones series. Indeed Sandra Bullock is playing a hybrid of Kathleen Turner from Romancing... and Kate Capshaw from Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom (1984). She's a bored novelist of romance adventure stories forced onto a book tour with the hapless male model, Alan (Channing Tatum) who plays her books hero on the covers. When she's kidnapped by an über rich maniac (Daniel Radcliffe) who thinks she can help find a lost city and its treasure on a remote island Alan sets off to rescue her. The film is not without its comic moments but overall it's all pretty tame with no real zest to it. the main joke seems to be Bullock navigating through the jungle in a spangly, pink jumpsuit. Radcliffe is a poor villain and a cameo from Brad Pitt lifts the thing only a tad although a mid end credit sequence is unfunny and pointless

Expected better - The Lost City review by Tommy

This has a great cast including a Brad Pitt cameo. Action comedies like this normally for me aren't that good but occasionally they're good. A lot include Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. You'd think this would be light in it's comedy and action but fun with something, maybe small, to make it slightly different to others of it's similarity. This is not that. Nothing in this would make me recommend it unless you just want to make your own mind up. Go for it if so, that's what i did, but i wish i didn't. This has good reviews elsewhere and i don't understand why.

It has a vaguely amusing premise, and obviously with the cast, that's the appeal. But the action is over the top without executing the jokes and with nothing we haven't seen before. The jokes are poor. The romantic plot is annoying. 'Red Notice' with Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson is something fairly similar that is a better watch, although i wouldn't call that a particularly good film but miles better than this. Reynolds would have made this better in my opinion though. He adds a star to literally any comedy. This script seems an early draft to me and needed another writer and a different director to give it something else to make it interesting.