I had a hard time
getting into this movie. It's well made. I just didn't find it that engaging. I
found the idea of this lost city of Z to be too abstract. I could feel too many
constraints set by this being based on actual events. The story covers either
too much land or too much time. The film never gets deep enough into a single
expedition before it's time to report back to the Royal Geographic Society in
England. I get the desire to be somewhat faithful to what really happened, but
knowing how easily Fawcett ends up back in England took away any tension from
the jungle scenes.
Charlie Hunnam is
fine in the lead role, an officer initially desperate to improve his social
standing and later the victim of his obsession with finding the lost city.
Robert Parttinson is casually a lot of fun. Sienna Miller and Tom Holland are
good, if not underutilized. The jungle scenes are shot well and the period is
recreated nicely. I just couldn't get over the mechanics of the story.
Verdict (?): Weakly Don't Recommend
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