The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (2008) (TV)

Director:

Farhad Mann

Writer:

Clay Carmouche (written by)

Release Date:

20 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

A 1000 year old secret is about to be uncovered

Plot:

Set in the Grand Canyon, a team of Smithsonian researchers have stumbled across a lost walled Aztec city guarded by some evil spirits...

Plot Keywords:

Aztec

Cast

Michael Shanks	...	Jacob Thain
Shannen Doherty	...	Susan Jordan
JR Bourne	...	Marco Langford
Toby Berner	...	Stewart Dunbar
Heather Doerksen	...	Hildy Wainwright
Duncan Fraser	...	Dr. Samuel Jordan
Peter New	...	Isaac Preston
Byron Chief-Moon	...	Aztec Priest (as Byron Chief Moon)
Alan C. Peterson	...	Dr. Gilmore
Rob McConachie	...	Dr. Wilson (as Rob Mcconachie)
Luis Javier	...	Hugo San Martin
Peter Kent	...	Javier Bordellos
Darcy Laurie	...	Mexican Bartender

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Front Street Pictures

It is a B movie for a certain crowd.

If you are into, can handle B films, don't mind when the seams show a little, enjoy stories set in this time period, like seeing Shannen Doherty, then you might find it an enjoyable little romp that tries to make the most of what it has. This is not at the higher end of the B movie, nor is it at the lowest end. The actors do a good enough job, some (the more seasoned ones) even excel here and there, but its all pretty average B from a so-so script. The music could be a lot better, it's that pretty typical keyboard adventure stuff. You would think they would be smarter about the use of keyboards these days after some really brilliant people have shown in certain horror films what you can do with them if you use them minimally, but, alas, people try to use keyboards in place of an all out orchestra and it generally doesn't work so well. Still, I have heard a lot worse and they were not all that distracting. The filming here, well, that also could be better, or worse. Its great that they give you Widescreen, but it really doesn't do much for the film here due to the budget and scope that they are shooting it. If you really don't have all that much to show in these made for TV films, you might sometimes be better to just use full screen, it may look richer. But it's probably the fact that they play around with the camera a little too much at times, trying a fancy move here or there for excitement that just comes of cheap. Still, I've seen way worse and much more annoying.

So, overall, it's fun to sit down with and watch if you can deal with MID GRADE B FILMS. Has some gore here and there, some nice scenery, some decent sets, and some interesting characters. But you have to be into these kind of stories, time period, etc., to begin with. Its worth watching to see Shannen Doherty. I'd say it's worth buying for maybe $7.50, or better yet, $5.50 somewhere if you are a collector of these kinds of films. Otherwise, your probably best to stay away.