Expansive Entertainment with a Throw-Back Style...Beautiful but Bewildering

Rating: 7/10 (3 September 2017)

Sprawling, Episodic, and Beautiful to Look at, but this Ambitious Effort to Tell the Tale of Real-Life Explorer and Adventurer Percy Fawcett may be a Let Down for Modern Film-Goers as it chooses to more or less Document with Little or No Embellishment. In the Entertainment World that is as Daring as its Human Subject.
The Movie is an Expensive, Laborious Shoot that some may say has No Money Shot. The 2 1/2 Hour Film takes its time with the Foreplay setting up Real Conflicts, Politics, and Family Drama.
This is Interspersed with Percy's Trips to Amazonia, all 3, and in each case the End barely Justifies the Means. His Persistent Passion is Evident as He not only Confronts the Unexplored Jungle but Societal Roadblocks and Class Snobbery. The Movie even takes Time with Nods to Feminine Warriors and the War to End All Wars.
The Movie is a Real-Life Mystery in the End and Percy's Reach Never Grasped the Glory of Discovery. It's a Glorious Story, well Worth Telling and is Presented here with some Gusto and it is Fine Film-Making with Artistry Apparent in Every Scene.
Worth a Watch for Lovers of Old-School Adventure, a Throwback Cinematic Style, and Stories Summoned from a Pre-Modern Era Filled with Lost Worlds and an Earth Worlds Removed from Satellite Data Available to Anyone at Anytime with a Click.