It's a movie that delivers exactly the kind of experience it advertises, and it's nice to still be able to see a comedy in theaters lifted by the appeal of two stars having a ball together. One of the best aspects is what happens to the movie's surprise cameo (spoiled via the movie's own trailer) but the ending resolution of this feels entirely pointless and undercuts its nerve. Radcliffe feels wasted as a petulant baddie without any fun or memorable angle. Some storylines feel underplayed or forgotten until called upon for moments that don't feel earned. Not everything works as well as the leads though. The movie does a good job of spacing out its comic set pieces and keeping things moving for its short 90 minutes. That jokey mentality assures the audience that the movie will not take things too seriously, and that relaxed-yet-antic attitude translates into fairly amusing banter with our leads. The movie stays on a consistently light wavelength even when death and sudden violence occurs. She plays a self-loathing romance author and he's her hunky and clueless cover model, and they both get into a treasure-hunting escapade and chased by scary men with guns thanks to a crazed rich kid (Daniel Radcliffe) looking for a titular lost city of yore to bolster his own rep. The Lost City mostly succeeds thanks to the winning chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. It's a new spin on Romancing the Stone and as long as the leads are charming and the movie is fun, I have no problem with rehashing this formula. Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Language|Some Bloody Images|Suggestive Material|Violence) Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. ![]() While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan.
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