Floating down a river watching beautiful scenery, but with no paddle to speed things up or make it interesting

Rating: 4/10 (8 March 2018)

Starring Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattison, Tom Holland and Sienna Miller - this film is based on true life explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who mysterious vanished while chartering the Amazon in the 1920's. Probably not as accurate as it could be both in script and content this film still had something about it which didn't offend me too much, and allowed me to get to the end of the film without too much trouble or anger. There wasn't as much depth to the film as I would have liked, I came away from the film having not learned much - it seemed to be just a vehicle to say 'hey look, there was this explorer dude who lived during times of conflict, and he managed to find things that other people couldn't and wouldn't'. It was beautiful looking film and maybe that, coupled with the delivery that Hunnam and Pattison brought that allowed me to just switch off and keep watching things unfold. I have to say, I'm not a fan of Hunnam or Pattison (or Miller either for that matter), I think they are unproven and over-hyped -but they actually delivered decent performances which didn't have me shouting at the screen, and at times made me root for their success. That's probably high praise, because the script they were working from was fairly bland, predictable and none engaging. This is a long film so if you do want to give it a try prepare for a numb bum - oh, and prepare for an ending that leaves more questions than answers.
I'll give this 4 out of 10. Could have been better, but still not as awful as some of the reviews suggest.