The Lost City
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Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.
What critics thought
A throwback action-comedy that coasts on the screwball chemistry between its leads rather than earning its place in the genre it's chasing. Critics were split down the middle: some found it a breezy, unpretentious good time that delivers on its star-driven premise, while others felt it too nakedly imitative of 1980s adventure romances — a copy of a copy that never transcends its inspirations. Audience enthusiasm ran considerably warmer than critical opinion.
“The Lost City remains a copy of a copy.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“a decent action-comedy that coasts on the presence of its stars”
Siddhant Adlakha·IGN
“The result can feel a little rickety in places, but the Nee brothers—who share screenplay credit with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox—have punched it up with off-color jokes, looped over moments when the characters' mouths are off-camera.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“The movie itself is trying to excavate a long-lost genre: the big-budget action-adventure movie-star rom-com. It wants to be a modern Romancing the Stone so badly you can almost see the flop-sweat dripping down the screen.”
David Fear·Rolling Stone
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorAaron Nee, Adam Nee
StarringSandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt
ComposerPinar Toprak
The Lost City
Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.
What critics thought
A throwback action-comedy that coasts on the screwball chemistry between its leads rather than earning its place in the genre it's chasing. Critics were split down the middle: some found it a breezy, unpretentious good time that delivers on its star-driven premise, while others felt it too nakedly imitative of 1980s adventure romances — a copy of a copy that never transcends its inspirations. Audience enthusiasm ran considerably warmer than critical opinion.
“The Lost City remains a copy of a copy.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“a decent action-comedy that coasts on the presence of its stars”
Siddhant Adlakha·IGN
“The result can feel a little rickety in places, but the Nee brothers—who share screenplay credit with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox—have punched it up with off-color jokes, looped over moments when the characters' mouths are off-camera.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“The movie itself is trying to excavate a long-lost genre: the big-budget action-adventure movie-star rom-com. It wants to be a modern Romancing the Stone so badly you can almost see the flop-sweat dripping down the screen.”
David Fear·Rolling Stone
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorAaron Nee, Adam Nee
StarringSandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt
ComposerPinar Toprak
Rent/Purchase