In the Lost Lands

Neither Bautista nor Jovovich can elevate this ugly-looking misfire. Fans of entertaining fantasy action need not apply. 

This Europudding production plods unrewardingly through the murky and humourless terrain of science-fantasy; it is a movie of flabby characterisation, dull storytelling and midprice VFX work.

In The Lost Lands, however, feels superficial even by Anderson’s standards, leaning a little too heavily into his predilection for pastiche.

Ultimately, the threadbare quality of Constantin Werner’s screenplay cannot be smoothed over with gobs of CGI effects (impressive as some of these sequences look) and the star power of Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista.

Is this a real movie? I’m not entirely certain, and I certainly can’t recommend watching it. But I am amused by the bizarre Anderson-Jovovich oeuvre and hope they keep cranking them out.

While the ending of this boisterous action adventure is a muddle, the magic is compelling, and the movie drops the self-seriousness that sometimes plagues adaptations of Martin’s sprawling work.

The plot feels predictable and lacks the depth necessary to transcend its striking aesthetic. [Full review in Spanish]

Sometimes junk cinema can be entertaining, but in this case, junk is just junk.

...if there's one thing that stands out about Lost Lands, it's the excellent cinematography and lighting, turning everything into gray, blue, or red tones. [Full review in Spanish]

The narrative always feels episodic, disjointed, as if it lacks a true cause for the events that happen, seemingly unmotivated. [Full review in Spanish]