Surprisingly, I preferred this silly film to Matthew McConaughey's previous film of the same genre, Sahara. Interestingly, it suffers from the same problem inherent in that film too - a frustrating lack of identity, a film unsure of what it's trying to be: comedy, adventure, historical thriller, romance. McConaughey stars as Benjamin Finnegan (Finn), a dumbass treasure seeker in hawk to a corrupt Caribbean rapper, Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) on the hunt for the secret treasure known as the Queen's Dowry with his very smart ex-wife Tess (the always good Kate Hudson). Toss in Canada's own Donald Sutherland as a rich publisher, Nigel Honeycutt, trying to bemuse his Valley-girl-esque daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) and you've quite a mess of a story. Director Andy Tennant manages to keep the pace going despite the silly script mind you. While the personae McConaughery has adopted of late is thoroughly aggravating, there's enough lighthearted dumbness here to warrant a view on a cold winter's night.
My rating 5 out of 10.
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