UK Release: 18th April 2008
Watched on TV: Thursday 15th August 2011
Rating: 12A
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1hr 52mins
Tagline: This February True Love Takes a Dive.
IMDb Plot Summary: Benjamin Finnegan is a deep-sea treasure hunter certain he's onto the find of the century in waters near an island close to Key West owned by a murderous rap star to whom Ben is in debt. Ben's flat broke and recently divorced from Tess, his long-time research and diving partner whom he still loves. She's nearby, working as a steward aboard the yacht of Nigel Honeycutt, a multimillionaire. The rapper has hired a rival treasurer hunter. Can Ben convince Nigel to bankroll his search, convince Tess to work with him, keep the rapper and his thugs at bay, and find a Spanish treasure hidden for centuries and rich beyond imagination?
A Quick Review: My expectations weren’t very high for this film. And rightly so. Despite being excellent in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey were significantly ridiculous with only mild chemistry as they played out the long, boring, excuse-for-a-shoot-in-the-caribbean-farce. The far-fetched script that is drawn out within an inch of its life is stuffed full of the most shallow, 2D characters its a wonder it ever got made. Oh, yeah I know why... because its Hollywood. 2 stars, a treasure hunt, yachts, guns, exotic locations and explosions. What more does an audience want? Er, a lot more. A lot, lot, lot more. A script that makes sense, some fleshed out characters, some scrap of credibility. Films like this make me weep for the future of Hollywood...
Score: 4.5/10
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