The story is pretty much similar to what you would find in the afore mentioned movies.
#Treasure temples that were accidentally found movie#
Set in South America, the movie kicks off in high speed and never really slows down. "El Dorado: Temple of the Sun" is an adventure movie in the likes of "Indiana Jones", "The Jewel of the Nile" and "The Librarian". Add in a few explosions and helicopters like in the A-Team/Airwolf episodes and there you have it. There is little in the way of antagonism or any dynamic between the characters while the baddies are after them, and for all these reasons a total lack of interest from the viewer. The woman is strong willed but always falls in place next to Jack. Jack is played as a deadpan character with few emotions who can always push the right lever or button. The squeaky geek sidekick will of course never get any serious attention of the woman while a realman like Jack is around. There are no real problems for the hero, Jack in the script - unlike Jones (played as a character with human faults) he is played as a alpha male real man who can simply do anything. But you knew that is exactly what would happen, being used to it from watching the simple plot and scriptwriting. There is no explanation how he knows to do this. Jack simply hits the right spot so the wall raises and then comes down and hides them. A scene typifies the whole film - the characters are trapped against a dead end wall with the baddies after them, Jack, the female lead and his geek sidekick are seemingly trapped and dead. The plot flies from basic pantomime 'good and evil baddies and myth' A to B, the goodies chased by the baddies without any emotional interest for the viewer. NOT THIS MOVIE THOUGH! This has none of the above - cardboard cutout characters are stuck in place with a total lack of reactions and humorous situations.
You become involved in the characters and the basic pantomime 'good and evil baddies and myth' story works. 4/10Ī-Team and Airwolf are much better than this though! Adventure Movieslike Indiana Jones work, because you never know whats coming next with the situations the characters find themselves in - there are many plot twists interlaced with 'fish out of water' characters who react with emotional range to their various situations - for example being trapped against a dead end wall in a temple with the Nazis/Baddies after them, Jones and his companions would show panic and terror before accidentally grabbing the right spot on a nearby sculpture which reveals a hidden door, perhaps by the woman trying to hit him for getting him into this mess! In Indiana Jones characters are highly antagonistic to each other, providing not only humour but dramatic opportunities and interest for the viewer.
It is just that there are so many much better treasure movies to see. Not very long, which is good, and not very memorable. The CGI looks more like made in the mid nineties. Action scenes and especially special effects are really poorly made, considering it is so recently made. And unfortunately, El Dorado disappoints when it really counts. But without anything extra, it is just one of many. Treasure, love, hidden artifacts and ancient legends combined always makes a good story. In part, that is due to that the basis of the story is sound and allows for many opportunities. The search for treasure, and Eldoroado especially has been done so many times before. It is a good idea, albeit not an original one. But when both a corrupt army general and the head of the drug cartel also show an interest in the gold, things get really chaotic. But if that much gold would flood the market, the gold price would plummet and fortunes be lost, so a shady consortium of Wall Street traders send their mercenary Grissom to stop Wilder. In this story Jack and his girl Maria has found a clue leading to the fabled city of gold, Eldorado. Jack Wilder is a modern wannabe Indiana Jones that unfortunately doesn't come close to the original.
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