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The Lost Treasure
Eddie Fox and the Lost Treasure
USA 2021
produced by Marcus Fiebel, Stella Tinucci, Josh Margulies, Francois Raulin (executive), Florence Raulin Cerceau (executive), Fred DeWysocki (executive) for Mascarade Pictures, Fantastic Films International
directed by Stella Tinucci
starring Josh Margulies, Dezmond Gilla, Stella Tinucci, Terry Bookhart, Angelica Quinn, Kava Jones, William Roehl, Matt Dahms, Alice Reinstein, Linsey Bower, Luis Linares
written by Stella Tinucci, music supervisor: Petr Zouhar
review by Mike Haberfelner
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By a seeming accident, treasure hunter Eddie Fox (Josh Margulies) gets
his hands on an ancient journal that contains an encrypted map to a
magical spear that's supposed to be the most powerful weapon on earth. And
soon after that he's receiving a visit from a new client, Tanya (Stella
Tinucci), who seems to know a few secrets of the book, including that it's
somehow linked to the compass of one of Eddie's ancestors. She wants to
hire him for hunting this particular treasure with him, but before they
know it, she's taken by local baddie Charles Wellington (Dezmond Gilla)
and his goons Leilani (Terry Bookhart) and Kainoa (Kava Jones), who also
steal Eddie's newfound journal and compass. Together with his assistant
Maleko (William Roehl), Eddie takes it upon itself to free the girl and
get back what's his. And he's successful as well, but now a race for the
treaure is on, and the favours seem to be constantly changing between
Eddie and Wellington ... until Wellington decides to fall back to have
Eddie do the dirty work - to then murder him for the spear and take Tanya
hostage. But the spear has its very own set of powers and demands a saying
who's holding it as well ... Now while it's fair to say The
Lost Treasure is not the most original of adventure movies, that's at
the same time also part of the film's charm: It might be old-fashioned in
approach, a bit overly family-friendly, and yes, its low budget might
shine through at times as well, but it's a rather wonderful throwback to
adventure serials and B-movies of old - with a hint of classic Doctor
Who thrown in, mind you -, for its straightforward, at times
even intentionally naive plot, its welcome lack of going for post-modern
reinterpretations, its moments of comedy that are devoid of forced
self-irony, and its relatively short running time (circa 65 minutes) that
sees to it that everything stays brisk and well-paced and the story
doesn't go off on tangents. And all that, coupled to the often
breathtaking Hawaiian locations, makes this just one fun piece of genre
cinema.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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