Movie reviews: 'The Lost City' aims to entertain, but misses the mark
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This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'The Lost City,' 'Run Woman Run' and 'Learn to Swim.'
"The Lost City," a new action adventure now playing in theatres, pairs goofy, good looking actors Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in a movie about a romance writer, a kidnapping and a secret treasure in a satire of romance stories that actually is a romance.
Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a burned-out author of 20 romance novels featuring a Fabio-esque hero named Dash McMahon. Still grieving the loss of her husband, she took years to deliver the manuscript for "The Lost City of D," an epic adventure that mixes her true loves: archeology and history, with an exploitive romance angle that she has come to hate.
On the front of all the novels, Dash is "played" by the world's sexiest cover model, Alan Caprison (Tatum), a sweet-natured hunk with flowing hair and a sculpted torso, who will accompany Loretta on an upcoming promotional tour. He's dumb-as-a-stump, more Chippendales than Chaucer, but under the long, blonde flowing wig, is a good guy.
When the author is kidnapped by billionaire Abigail ("It's a gender-neutral name," he says.) Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), who believes Loretta’s books contain real-life clues as to the existence of the legendary Crown of Fire, Alan springs into action. "I'm going to rescue her," he says. "I want her to think of me as more than just a cover model."
