Fool's Gold

Plot synopsis:
Benjamin "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a treasure hunter looking for a treasure from a Spanish galleon known as the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. In his search to find the treasure, his wife, Tess (Kate Hudson), divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a huge yacht owned by multi-millionaire, Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Honeycutt's yacht The Precious Gem and convince him, his daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), and Tess to join him in searching for the treasure. A local gangster named BiggBunny (Kevin Hart) and Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone), are intent on finding the treasure first.The Precious Gem and Moe's vessel compete to find the treasure in The Bahamas. As Finn attempts to secretly take down Moe's search grid, Finn discovers a sword which is a clue to finding the treasure. Finn and Tess follow the clues to an ancient church and discover a diary describing the location of the treasure. BiggBunny and his associates, who have been following Finn and Tess, take Tess hostage and assume (incorrectly) that Finn was killed. BiggBunny forces Tess to aid him in the search for the treasure in a blowhole, the location revealed in the diary. Tess finds the treasure in a cave beneath the blowhole. Meanwhile, Finn and the Honeycutts enlist the help of Moe in taking the treasure out of BiggBunny's hands. They arrive as BiggBunny sends one of his associates back in to the water to find out who was killed in the blow hole. The blowhole kills BiggBunny's employee and traps Tess and Finn. Finn saves Tess only to have BiggBunny kidnap her from him again. Tess is kidnapped and is completely unconscious. Gemma gets Finn to BiggBunny's plane on her jet ski and Finn leaps on the plane's pontoon as the plane takes off. As BiggBunny attempts to shoot Finn, Tess's eyes start rolling and she wakes up and kicks BiggBunny out of the plane and sends him into the ocean. The final BiggBunny henchman is taken prisoner by Moe (after he has shot Moe in the leg with a speargun).Finn and Tess are reunited and save the treasure together and Tess is shown pregnant. Finn, Tess, Nigel, Gemma, Moe and those who contributed in helping or finding the treasure open a museum displaying all of their finds.

Tags: revenge, murder

Review:
McConaughey, Hudson and the other supporting characters deliver more than adequate performances and Donald Sutherland is as brilliant as he can be considering the overall quality of this movie.Last but not least, pay attention to the accents, It seems like everybody has a fake (funny fake) accent.
It is a fairly predictable movie, but always fun to watch Mathew McConaughey play the guy who hasn't grown up along with Kate Hudson playing the lady who wishes he would.
Their chemistry is great, and isn't that all you really expect from a movie like this, regardless of plot?The only thing that didn't fit in the movie was a couple of overly bloody scenes (on an absolute basis the blood was very minor, but the fact that they showed up at all was surprising.)Not the best movie you will ever see, but will certainly give you a break from all this extreme winter weather we have been having..
While employing two game lead actors, one notorious for making bad films sellable (that's you Matt!), neither Ms. Hudson or Mr. McConaughey could save this film that can't seem to decide whether it's a comedy or an action film.When an estranged couple meet mere hours after their divorce on board a privately owned super-yacht (she's working, he's slumming), their romance is instantly rekindled by a new clue into the treasure that has been their goal for years.
You may fool yourself for a moment into believing that you're actually in the Caribbean, if you sneak in a Pina Colada or two, or three.Post Script: If you want to read a real thrilling, funny, and sexy adventure story about treasure hunting for the 1715 fleet, try reading Tom Ryan's novel "A Sword for Pizarro.".
Having cute actors star in it doesn't make it a good movie.Be sure to look for the boom mic shadows, the choppy editing, the weird off camera sounds and Matthew's accent turning on and off..
I hated the whole cheesy treasure-hunting theme; it was all so ridiculous to me, and I wanted to leave forty minutes into the film, willing to wait outside for the person who dragged me into the stupid movie.There was WAY too many cheesy clichés in the film, like the dumb bimbo daughter who was supposed to make you laugh- keyword, SUPPOSED, because she will NOT- but really sucked up the movie even more (something I didn't think was remotely possible) and made me want to throw up; and of course the villain, a pimp named "Big Bunny" who was retarded enough to make the stupid rub off onto the audience.Overall, this movie was god awful and so terrible I felt like throwing up.
If you are looking for advanced social commentary, if you are looking for the solution to global warming, if you are looking for political satire, if you are looking for classical tragedy or if you are seeking intellectual challenges that will keep you thinking into the night, this is not the movie to see.If you are looking for something light, something that will distract you from the stresses of the day, something that will let you leave the theater feeling better than when you went in then you should consider this film.This production will not result in any Oscar nominations, but it is a great way to spend nearly two hours forgetting what the real world is coming to.There is some great scenery, a little good comedy, some violence, and more than a little silliness.
Tess is once again pulled into the hunt and joins the new treasure hunters.(My Comment) This movie attempts to turn a romantic comedy into an action-packed thriller, but fails.
However, if you are a fan of shirtless Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in a bikini, you will like seeing this movie.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was a mediocre movie but Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson had had good chemistry on that movie.Now,McConaughey and Hudson back to work together in the very crappy movie Fool's Gold.How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,which,like I said before,had been mediocre,looks like a masterpiece compared to this.Fool's Gold is a comedy which did not produce me any laughs and the action scenes are not exciting.Also,the villains from this movie are totally stupid.But,not only the villains are stupid.The whole movie is stupid.The screenplay is pathetic.Honestly,who wrote this movie?
It just seemed like a long, cheesy movie that involved a couple of characters looking for gold.
If you like McConaughey and Hudson together then you should see "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," not "Fool's Gold." It would be okay for a rental, but I'd be a bit ticked if I spent money to see it in the theater..
When I consider the alternative of watching some actors or directors air out their political views or try to make a political statement when they should be trying to make real movies, I'll take this 1000 times over.Matt McConaughey and Kate Hudson, along with Donald Sutherland and Alexis Dziena do a fine job of pulling off an "Action/Advernture/Comedy" Movie.
I think this movie was so widely panned because people don't have any adventure in their own lives so they don't know how to have fun with a very entertaining movie like Fool's Gold.
Our loss because so many people listen to critics who have no adventure in their own lives and therefore can't relate to a great adventure on film and they pan movies like Fool's Gold and Sahara.
The acting is not very good, Matthew McCoghauney and Kate Hudson are attractive but have a lack of chemistry between them I feel and neither of them look natural here, while Donald Sutherland was a nice find but he deserved much better.
I've seen this so many times and it is always such a fun movie to watch, taken place in the Caribbean a mystery to be solved and add the fun loving Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaoughy it makes it even better perfect cast for the best roles!
And while on the topic of the story, then it is only fair to say that the storyline is fun, good and fast paced.The movie was also quite nicely cast, and there is a great chemistry between Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
But Donald Sutherland also did add a great, unique touch to the movie, just a shame that he didn't have more time on the screen than he did."Fool's Gold" is the type of movie that you can watch more than just once, despite being so predictable..
Finn (Matthew McConaughey) is good at three things; underwater treasure hunting, getting money for treasure hunting, and something that got Tess (Kate Hudson) to marry him for.
Music is scored by George Fenton and cinematography is by Don Burgess.In 1715 a fleet of ships carrying gold from the New World to Spain sank, taking to the bottom of the ocean the wealthy haul that would become known as the Queen's Dowry.........Treasure hunters Benjamin "Finn" Finnegan ( McConaughey) and his estranged wife Tess (Hudson) are close to finding it, but naturally others are heavily involved as well.....After getting a savaging from the critics upon its release, and ranking down with the mid section non-entities on internet forums, I approached Fool's Gold with a very low expectation level.
The explanation for this is either that some people have figured out how to cheat the ratings that show up on IMDb, or else the people who are taking the time to rate movies at IMDb are predominately a bunch of brainless teenagers.Fool's Gold is a well scripted, well acted adventure/comedy that will keep you interested and chuckling from start to finish.
I was pleased about this because I just don't like those old Doris Day - Rock Hudson style of comedy, and much prefer a good action-adventure with a comic undertone, which is what this movie really is.
Not quite as good as the "National Treasure" movies in some ways, but definitely a lot funnier.Donald Sutherland is one of the all-time great comedic actors, and his talents are on full display in Fool's Gold.
Her stupid comments saying, "So what are we looking for again?" and things like that make us viewers a little annoyed by her character.I'd recommend Fool's Gold to anyone wanting to see a pretty good movie.
True, FG has its flaws, but director/co-writer Andy Tennant and company are canny enough to build audience goodwill by reminding us moviegoers what we liked about the star team of Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in their first film together, HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS.
You married the guy for sex and expected him to be smart.") It also doesn't hurt that Hudson, looking fresher and lovelier than ever (sunshine suits her), and McConaughey, in boyish lovable rogue mode, both look gorgeous in beachwear as they swim, dash, bicker and banter all over the Florida coast (played picturesquely by Australia) in search of The Queen's Dowry, a sunken treasure ship, financed by wealthy Brit Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland) and chased by Finn's mentor/rival treasure-hunter Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone with a Texas-style accent) and murderous rap star/loan shark Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) and his Jamaican gangsta henchmen (Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Brian Hooks) and his vicious enforcer Cyrus (David Roberts).I'll admit that during our area's frigid winter months, I always enjoy watching movies set in sunny tropical locations, which may be why I'm usually easy to please when it comes to such films (as you'll see if you read my reviews of SUNBURN and the Hawaii-set 2004 remake of THE BIG BOUNCE elsewhere on the IMDb).
To their credit, McConaughey and Hudson deliver these lines in ways that convey the rapture of people who truly love history and the thrill of discovery, but there's so much exposition that, despite my interest in the treasure hunt, these talky scenes teetered dangerously close to making me feel like I was trapped in a room with the kind of avid expert/fan types who are so busy blathering on about their pet subject, they don't notice they're perplexing and/or boring those of us who aren't familiar with the topic.
In Fool's Gold, our couple reunites, with Kate Hudson's Tess going down deja-vu avenue in wanting to divorce husband Finn, played by McConaughey because she just had enough of his lack of keeping to promises, which even a fantastic sex life couldn't help.It's no surprise that movies such as Fool's Gold continue to be made, and the formula is pretty no brainer as well.
Put in some tempting opportunity for prospecting sunken treasure in the depths of the seas from some aged old ship, smack together good looking leads (so that they can get away with everything, including a bad story) who don't mind bearing their bodies in trunks of bikinis for the most parts of the movie, and pour in plenty of water, jokes, and goon type characters as baddies.Finn, as a hero, is almost always bumming through life, and making the wrong deals with the wrong kinds of persons.
However, Fool's Gold had loaded itself with too many characters in its ensemble, and as it expectedly turns out, everyone else besides Hudson and McConaughey are in supporting, one dimensional caricatures.You have a rapper and his posse, a pair of gay chefs, rival treasure plunders with history going way back, and a tycoon and his daughter whom he's trying to connect with.
The only saving grace in Fool's Gold was the view: the scenic Florida coast and Matthew McConaughey's manscape.Everything else was just begging to be criticized: the horrible editing, too many subplots were awkwardly thrown in, too much explanatory dialogue that only served to bore the audience and not illuminate the silly plot, Alexis Dziena...The supposedly exciting back story of the treasure hunt could have been better executed perhaps with a reenactment, but the producers probably just wanted to easily cash in on the cache of its box-office stars Kate Hudson and McConaughey, who play recently divorced treasure seekers Tess and Benjamin Finnegan.
Fool's Gold starts out great, amazingly so and then unfortunately turns more into the traditional romantic comedy action thriller by the end of the movie.
The cast of the film either didn't seem to have any interest or had too much, Matthew McConaughey looked like he was having so much fun that he forgot he had to act, Kate Hudson looked like she couldn't wait to be finished work, everyone else just said their lines, the only performance that was noteworthy was Donald Sutherland, it's the type of movie that would mostly work when there's good chemistry between its ensemble cast, and that wasn't evident at all here.
Another major problem with this movie is that it simply wasn't funny, it was more interested in being a comedy rather than an adventure, and they didn't deliver one bit, some of the lines could have worked out in some way if they had been delivered better, but for the most part the jokes are straight up lame, I didn't laugh once.
This is a pretty fun treasure flick starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson as an estranged couple who is trying to rekindle their marriage while they both go on a lost treasure hunt in the Bahamas.It's not a spectacular movie as it has its corny moments, some cheesy dialog and some plot points that dragged the film somewhat, but overall, it does have some fun adventures and exciting good guy vs.
It's a romantic comedy with touches of action and thrills mixed in; therefore, what you get is a pretty good combo of both genres - romance and adventure.McConaughey and Hudson had great chemistry and it was funny watching them, as a divorced couple, quarrel and getting frustrated with each other as they attempt to find this treasure.Again, the film is not a masterpiece, but a pretty fun film nonetheless.Grade B-.
With the big names of Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, who had previously won over a nation with their portrayals in the 2003 hit romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, this movie would join the list of feel-good date night movies directed by Andy Tennant, such as the movies Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Hitch (2001), and more recently The Bounty Hunter (2010).
Set on various tropical islands, the story of a recently divorced couple setting out on an adventure to try to find a lost treasure and finding their lost love along the way; Fool's Gold gave viewers a welcome escape from the dreary world of February in the US when it was released.
I had seen it before in the cinema and liked it just as much the second time around.The film stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.
If you like films that you don't have to think too much about and are fun to watch with a bit of action and adventure...
Released in 2008, "Fool's Gold" stars Matthew McConaughey & Kate Hudson as a couple on the verge of divorce in the Bahamas, the former a treasure-seeker.
Ray Winstone and Kevin Hart also factor in as potential villains.If you can imagine serious island-thrillers like "The Deep" and the two "Into the Blue" flicks mixed with a heavy dose of comedy and cartoonish action you'd have a good idea of "Fool's Gold." It's basically "The Goonies" as adults in the Bahamas.Kate and McConaughey look great and are great together, and everyone else is likable, even the villains (sort of).
Regardless, the film is worth watching just for the locations, especially on a cloudy fall day or a cold winter night.So this is a fun island flick with romance, treasure-hunting and adventure, but it's a little too long for such goofy antics.
I pretty much felt that Fools Gold was made as an excuse to put a bunch of good looking people together and run around in bathing suits the entire time, much like Into The Blue with Jessica Alba and Paul Walker.The plot has been done numerous times before.
None of which this movie contained.Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey looked awesome in this movie, which I think was the entire purpose of why it was filmed in the first place so, good job?.
Before film fans ream me a new one for rating FOOL'S GOLD as an adequate movie, let me explain why I did.It was a loooong day at work.
i thought this movie was just OK....matt and kate were good, i like them both, i thought Kate was the best(as usual) sutherland didn't do a great deal but did what he could and he was fine, i absolutely could not for the life of me stand the GEMMA character, she was annoying, when that sword came out of the explosion, i wanted it to land in her head...terrible acting, was just a bit much for me.
I did find Donald Sutherland's accent a bit distracting, but liked his character anyway, and Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey worked well together, though I had seen a bit of Ben's character before in Sahara..
That's how I feel about Fool's Gold I'm not too big a fan of Kate Hudson, I liked her in Almost Famous, but everything else has been pretty lackluster for me.
The appropriately titled "Fool's Gold" is a lame, thoroughly hopeless romantic comedy whose sole purpose for existence is to allow us to watch a couple of impossibly beautiful people (Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson) romping around in an impossibly beautiful setting (the Caribbean Sea).McConaughey, in another of his increasingly frivolous roles (there was a time when he seemed to have an ambition to be an actual actor), plays a down-on-his-luck treasure salvager who believes he's uncovered the whereabouts of a vast fortune - the Queen of Spain's dowry to be exact - that was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of Florida in the early 1700s.