Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum team up to bring audiences pure joy and entertainment with their new movie The Lost City.
Reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan (Channing Tatum). While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city’s lost treasure from her latest story. 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.
You can say what you want about this movie, but I will say that the pacing of The Lost City was much better than I thought it was gonna be. This movie has a lot of elements to it and manages to balance a lot of the perspectives into a well-timed film that won’t break the bank. The opening is a bit slow, but we don’t spend too much time there and it doesn’t take away the importance of character building that is going on. It’s fun to watch and keeping that pace going works to keep some of the staler comedic moments from being too hard to follow.
The Lost City is loaded with a phenomenal cast and this film does a great job at using the characters that they introduce. While Bullock and Tatum get the most screen time, Brad Pitt, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Oscar Nunez get their fair share of inclusion that manages to stay relevant to the plot and the relationships of the characters. It’s not an easy thing to juggle all these characters without drifting away too much, but this film does it perfectly.
The Lost City brought out its A-game in comedy acting for much of the movie, especially with the direction the movie took. Daniel Radcliffe looks like he is enjoying himself a lot with his role. He succeeds on many levels and his level of hyperbolic comedy fits perfectly into the film that fans will love. Tatum is his usual charming self and his one-line delivery and banter comedy are on point. He also brings out the vulnerable side of the character very well creating a more realistic and relatable character than what we usually get. As for Bullock, she is on fire in this film, combining the sarcasm of Miss Congeniality, with the searching for life’s moments from The Blind Side, and the attitude of Speed is how to best describe her character in The Lost City. Bullock brings these sides together into a character that helps convey the message of the movie, but never sacrifices the other elements that make this film so much fun to watch.
Overall, The Lost City turned out to be a surprisingly fun, fast-paced adventure/action comedy film. The story isn’t too ridiculous and balances both serious and funny moments that help you really attach to the characters and engage with them. Alongside beautiful shots, a variety of comedic moments, and an awesome soundtrack iThe Lost City checks all the boxes for a movie that is just pure fun.
The Lost City is now playing in theaters.
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