'GOLD': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
A crime-drama-adventure about a desperate businessman, who teams with a geologist to find gold in the jungles of Indonesia. It's based on a true story, from 1993. The film was directed by Stephen Gaghan (who also helmed 2005's 'SYRIANA'), and it was written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman (two veteran TV writers). The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Stacy Keach, Bruce Greenwood and Toby Kebbell. It's received mostly negative reviews from critics, and it's also been a disappointment at the Box Office. I found it to be slightly amusing, but it's also slightly a bore.
Kenny Wells (McConaughey) was an unlucky businessman, who always dreamed of finding gold. He tracked down a geologist, by the name of Michael Acosta (Ramirez), and talked him into going into business with him. The two then traveled deep into the jungles of Borneo, to look for gold together. They're adventure became a huge story in 1993.
The movie starts out interesting, and it ends interesting as well. It's not always involving, or entertaining, in-between though. The performances are all decent, especially McConaughey (who always gives 110 percent), and it's always nice to look at also. I definitely wouldn't say it's a waste of time, or anything like that, but it's also nothing special either. It's not as bad as the bad reviews make it out to be though.
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A crime-drama-adventure about a desperate businessman, who teams with a geologist to find gold in the jungles of Indonesia. It's based on a true story, from 1993. The film was directed by Stephen Gaghan (who also helmed 2005's 'SYRIANA'), and it was written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman (two veteran TV writers). The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Stacy Keach, Bruce Greenwood and Toby Kebbell. It's received mostly negative reviews from critics, and it's also been a disappointment at the Box Office. I found it to be slightly amusing, but it's also slightly a bore.
Kenny Wells (McConaughey) was an unlucky businessman, who always dreamed of finding gold. He tracked down a geologist, by the name of Michael Acosta (Ramirez), and talked him into going into business with him. The two then traveled deep into the jungles of Borneo, to look for gold together. They're adventure became a huge story in 1993.
The movie starts out interesting, and it ends interesting as well. It's not always involving, or entertaining, in-between though. The performances are all decent, especially McConaughey (who always gives 110 percent), and it's always nice to look at also. I definitely wouldn't say it's a waste of time, or anything like that, but it's also nothing special either. It's not as bad as the bad reviews make it out to be though.
Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M9osPwjfbM