An interesting story trapped in a dull movie

Rating: 6/10 (6 May 2017)

The epic true story of an ambitious explorer came from a New Yorker magazine article that became a book written by David Grann. James Gray wrote the screenplay and directed the film that tells the story of Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam). Percy is introduced languishing with a bad legacy of his father and an unrecognized military rank of Major though he shows exception at hunting shooting a large deer in Cork, Ireland. He is transferred to the Royal Geographical Society and given an opportunity to redeem his father's troubled legacy by traveling to the Amazon.
His wife Nina (Sienna Miller) is not happy about his extended absence but agrees to raise their two sons without him. On his first trip out, he is accompanied by Henry Costin (Robert Pattinson) and commissioned to map the river to help prevent conflict between Brazil and Bogota. He witnesses the slave trade of the natives and the disrespect societies have for these isolated civilizations. The trip up the river is deadly for many of his crew but Fawcett and Costin make it to the source with the help of a native who escapes. Percy finds pottery and becomes convinced there is a lost city, which he names Zed.
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