As old and soggy as the 300-year-old sunken treasure this misadventure surrounds, “Fool’s Gold” proved to be a rehash of the unpopular film, “Into the Blue.”
Not even the A-list cast, comprised of stars Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey and Donald Sutherland, could salvage this modern resuscitation of every treasure-hunt-turned-motion-picture.
The exotic locales and the promising dynamic duo, which had an unforgettable chemistry in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” unfortunately left the audience of a mere dozen sighing in utter disappointment.
The popcorn flick casts McConaughey as Finn Finnegan, a beach bum whose only occupation is diving for ancient treasure while in the midst of a divorce from his bubbly, female sidekick, Tess, played by Hudson.
Once their lifelong search for the Queen’s Dowry seems close to its end, rest assured that an addition of a superfluous, supporting cast running interference is quickly introduced.
In a poor attempt to include pop culture, a wealthy and murderous rapper, who goes by the tasteful (but not really) name of Big Bunny D, is also sure to play his part in creating the only real conflict within the film.
Bunny D and his posse threaten the life of Finn, and those who assist him, and deliver on the expected action while providing a few battle scenes here and there. Characters such as Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland) and his daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena), who parallels our own beloved Paris Hilton, are introduced in a supplemental and pointless subplot that only provides the audience with more mind-numbing dialogue.
Not to be confused with an Oscar-nominated film, both Hudson and the all-too-commonly-shirtless McConaughey showed some skin on screen. Additionally, the brief gun battles, predictable kidnapping and acts of machismo only added to the irritating redundancy of the rescue-romance that most dramas and romantic comedies provide. Delivering a painfully predictable plotline with featureless adventure, “Fool’s Gold” left most scratching their heads at the idea that they had just wasted 95 minutes of their valuable time.
Incessantly unfunny (with clichéd lines) and not eventful by any stretch of the imagination, this movie offers strictly low-brow humor for anyone looking for something to pass the time on a Monday afternoon.
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