The Green Desert

Rating: 6/10 (20 April 2018)

This is based on the true story of British explorer Colonel Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam ) searching for a lost city of Zed in the Amazonian rain forest. The film did not use some of his more extraordinary claims of fantastic beasts and where to find them. It stuck to the bare bone facts. I was waiting for some great scene to make the film, and it wasn't there. His exploration appears to have been a walk in the park with arrows.
Perhaps the fascinating bit of the film was that after centuries, the native populations held traditions and stories of Zed whose existence has been confirmed, but the forest has reclaimed the details. Where is Harrison Ford when you need him?