Lost Treasure (2003)

A painting is stolen from a building during a great fire and after it is recovered, the police find inside a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case asks his brother (... See full summary »

Director:

Jim Wynorski (as Jay Andrews)

Writers:

Harris Done, Diane Fine

Stars:

Stephen Baldwin, Nicollette Sheridan, Coby Ryan McLaughlin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Baldwin	...	Bryan McBride
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Carrie
Coby Ryan McLaughlin	...	Det. Carl McBride
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Ricardo Arterra
Jerry Doyle	...	Det. Sean Walker
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Danny G.
Tami-Adrian George	...	Tammy
Scott L. Schwartz	...	Crazy Joe
William Langlois	...	Manny (as William Langlois Monroe)
Benny Nieves	...	Fredrico
Rene Rivera	...	Eduardo (as René Rivera)
Eric James Virgets	...	Martin
Billy 'Sly' Williams	...	Joey Muinez
Joey Sagal	...	Chuck "Chucky" Daniels (as Joe Sagal)
Patrick St. Esprit	...	Lieuteniant Mullen

Storyline

A painting is stolen from a building during a great fire and after it is recovered, the police find inside a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case asks his brother (Stephen Baldwin), who is an antiques expert, to help him during the investigation. Analysing the paint and fabric, they find that the map belonged to Cristopher Columbus and the drawings in it refer to an old legend of a lost treasure. Besides unraveling the mysterious riddles, the police officer and his brother will have to fight off a violent gang pursuing the treasure as well.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | independent film | 

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Taglines:

Winner takes all.

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der Goldschatz des Christoph Columbus

Filming Locations:

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinetel Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min (Video Version) 90 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scenes of the plane taking off, flying through a storm and crash landing on a beach were taken from Six Days Seven Nights (1998).

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Goofs

When first seen taxiing just before takeoff, the plane has a gust lock installed on each tip of the horizontal stabilizer. The plane is later seen in flight with them removed.

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Connections

References Gilligan's Island (1964)

User Reviews

Another downturn in Stephen Baldwin's career

It's gotta be fascinating to find out how movies like this get made. The budget and ambition of the film-makers appear to be large enough for pyrotechnics and CGI effects, with perhaps stock-footage accounting for some big-ticket items such as a fairly unnecessary scene inside a naval ship.

But let's start with that title. "Lost Treasure." Sure, that's what the movie is about, but could you have a more mundane title? That's like, say, calling "Independence Day" "Attack By Aliens." As noted by other reviewers, almost everything about this film is subpar, and yet it is still somewhat watchable. About the only reason for this is Mark Christopher Lawrence adding some much-needed comic relief as a disgruntled tourist. Otherwise, the only entertainment is derived from seeing how ridiculously bad the parts of the stereotypical bad guys are written. You could blame the actors, but why when they're given nothing to work with that you haven't already seen in countless other movies?

Meanwhile, on the good guy side, Coby Ryan McLaughlin tries gamely in his role of kidnapped cop, but his acting ability is the epitome of the entire movie in its averageness. Top billing goes to Stephen Baldwin, who does little more than reprise his role in the equally-awful "Shelter Island" as a brooding, moody type. About the only depth he's added to his character here is a beard.

Basically, pile some explosions, car chases and scenes of people being chased round an island in a storm on top of wooden acting and stilted dialogue and you have a very run-of-the-mill play-it-by-the-numbers movie that might not be the biggest travesty committed to celluloid, but doesn't add anything to the world of cinema either.