A Well Told Story

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2017)

This is based upon a True Story
Before WWI, British Officer Major Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) is ordered to survey a border dispute between Brazil and Bolivia because rubber is the product both countries want. On his second trip to the Bolivia jungle he discovers pottery made by natives who he believes are a much older civilization than most Western countries. Of course, he is not believed and is somewhat ridiculed. After the War, he goes back to find what he has labeled as the City of Z (The British pronounce it ZED), but this time he goes back with his son Jack (Daniel Huttlestone).
This is a well told story and considering the amount of material involved in here, this is some accomplishment. This is very well done. The acting all around is excellent. We see Fawcett's wife Nina (Sienna Miller) who is instrumental in discovering an article by a Conquistador who believed there was a civilization of Natives much older than believed by the West. And she wants to go on Fawcett's next trip and, of course, that can't happen (Shades of Womens' lib here). I have to tell you that Robert Pattinson is in this movie because no one will recognize him with his beard and he really isn't given many lines of dialogue: basically he is just there beard and all. He is Henry Costin, Fawcettl's right hand man and good friend.
I have only 2-objections: We should have been privy to more landscape scenery of Bolivia and, perhaps, the more important one: lack of a good musical score. This movie made me recall the movie THE MISSION that had a wonderful and memorable musical score. Didn't happen in here and it should have. Bummer.
The objections aside, this is a story told on a grand scale and we cannot wait to see how it all plays out. Kudos. (9/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: Yes. Language: Only one GDI was heard.