The Lost City, much like Uncharted that also released in 2022, aims to bring back the magic of much-loved past movies. If Uncharted was inspired by Indiana Jones, The Lost City definitely takes a healthy amount of inspiration from the 1980s classic Romancing The Stone.
Director duo Adam and Aaron Nee present an air-headed caper that makes no pretenses about what it is - they're here to entertain. And we're all for it. We just wish the stakes were a little bit higher, because the film completely manages to surprise us at one point. Unfortunately, that's it, exactly that once.