The Lost City Of Z Film Review

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2017)

The new film The Lost City Of Z based on the true story of the British explorer Percy Fawcett starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson.
In The Lost City Of Z which is based on author David Grann's nonfiction bestseller, THE LOST CITY OF Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Col. Percival "Percy" Fawcett (English actor Charlie Hunnam - US TV Series Sons Of Anarchy, Pacific Rim), who journeys into the Amazon in South America at the dawn of the 20th century during the 1900's to the 1920's and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as "savages", the determined Fawcett – supported by his devoted wife Nina Fawcett (American actress Sienna Miller - American Sniper, Foxcather), son Jack Fawcett (English actor Tom Holland - Captain America: Civil War, In The Heart Of The Sea) and aide de camp Henry Costin (English actor Robert Pattinson - Twlight films, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire) – returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925 which is 92 years ago now.
Amongst the other actors / actresses in The Lost City Of Z include English actor Harry Melling (Harry Potter films) as William Barclay, Italian actor Franco Nero (Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Django Unchained) as Baron de Gondoriz, Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars films, Sleepy Hollow the 1999 film) as Sir George Goldie, Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart, We Bought A Zoo) as James Murray, English actor Daniel Huttlestone (Les Misérables 2012, Into The Woods) as Brian Fawcett Nina and Percy's other son, German actor Aleksandar Jovanovic (Collide, UK TV Series Close To The Enemy) as Urquhart, Edward Ashley (In The Heart Of The Sea, UK TV Series Last Tango In Halifax) as Arthur Manley, English actor Bobby Smalldridge (What We Did On Our Holiday, UK TV Series White Gold) as Young Jack Fawcett, Nicholas Agnew (Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man Who Knew Infinity) as John Coundley, Johann Myers (The Bank Job, The Medallion) as Willis, Michael Jenn (Unleashed, Quills) as Brigd- General Sidney Thornton, John Sackville (The Wedding Date, The Hoarder) as Simon Beauclerk, Tom Mulheron (The Time Of Our Lives) as Young Jack Fawcett, English actor Adam Bellamy as Cecil Gosling and Matthew Sunderland (Out Of The Blue, The Devil's Rock) as Dan.
Filming locations in The Lost City Of Z include places like Colombia and Bolivia in South America, Belfast the capital of Northern Ireland and County Down, Northern Ireland.
Overall The Lost City Of Z is a good film filled with explorers, exploration, shooting, bows and arrows, weapons, some violence, soldiers, explosions, things getting blown up, rivers, boats, Indian tribes in groups, forests, some hard hitting scenes, the way of life between the 1900's to the 1920's, horses, family, people in uniform, music, dancing, political figures who meet up on a regular basis, green grass fields, impressive looking mountains, river rapids, Spanish language, good performances from Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson as their respective characters and many other things throughout the film.
So I will give The Lost City Of Z an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars and I will say The Lost City Of Z is worth seeing if you like films based on true stories like Gorillas In The Mist or any other films along the same lines as this. So if you get the chance to see The Lost City Of Z in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.