Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky
break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a
journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia, this is the topic of
GOLD
TRAILER
Director:
Stephen GaghanDetails
Country:
USARelease Date:
27 January 2017 (USA)Also Known As:
OuroFilming Locations:
New York City, New York, USAStoryline
Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a
similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the
uncharted jungle of Indonesia.
REVIEW
REVIEW
Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey) is talking to his girlfriend, Kay
(Bryce Dallas Howard) in his father's mining company. He explains how to
mine for gold, using her purse. First he digs down with his hand and
pulls out a nickel to simulate nickel; then comes up with a dime to
simulate silver; then produces a gold watch and tells her what they're
looking for is gold. She is ecstatic about the gift.Six years
later. Kenny's dad has passed away and he is now doing business out of a
bar that Kay works at. He calls people about investing in a new mining
expenditure but no one bites. Next, he goes to a capitol group to meet
with a man named Clive Colson. Two bankers greet him instead and lead
him to a conference room. They tell him Clive was tied up in a meeting.
Kenny is insistent that he was supposed to meet with Clive and they tell
him if he was supposed to meet with Clive, it would have happened.
Kenny delivers the same pitch hes made on the phone, telling them about
properties he will set up sites at, with geological reports suggesting
they could produce gold. They pass on each one, pointing out that his
company has a practical value of zero and he has a huge debt load. They
refuse to make him any offer. Kenny demands to speak with Clive,
pointing out that his father put Clive on the map and built their bank.
They tell Kenny that hes not his father. Kenny returns to his
small home with his pile of bills. He continues making pitches over the
phone, looking for investors for his corporation. He has no success. His
company is trading at four cents a share. We now see Kenny in
present day (years after the story we've been watching) being questioned
by Jennings (Toby Kebell). He continues his tale and we return to Kay
and Kenny talking in his home. Kenny goes to sleep and dreams of an
Indonesian jungle. He explains, in narration to Jennings, that he had
met a man named Michael Acosta years earlier and wanted to get into
Indonesia to mine. We see him in Borneo, in September 1987, meeting with
Michael (Edgar Ramírez) who is a geologist who knows all about where to
dig in the country. Michael is friendly with the natives who are
panning for gold; he has just discovered the largest copper mine in
South Asia so everyone now wants his guidance. Michael tells a
group of men, including Kenny, how he can detect where there will be
mineralization citing pressure, heat, and time a theory he calls ring of
fire. Kenny awakes from the dream, in 1993, and struggles to find
Michael's contact info. He tells Kay he is going to be gone for a few
days or maybe a week. He goes to a pawn shop and pawns a bunch of
jewelry and Kay's watch to get enough cash to fly to Indonesia. He meets
Michael in a hotel in Shangri-La. Michael admits that his theory about
the ring of fire hasn't panned out but he knows there is gold there,
even if he wasnt right about how to find it. Kenny wants them to
prospect themselves, the way his father did. He tells Michael that if he
directs where to dig, Kenny will come up the money. Michael invites
Kenny to join him in the river the next morning. Kenny and
Michael take a trip up the Busang River for hours, passing native
tribesmen panning for gold. The two men hike through the jungle. Michael
tells Kenny its taken 40 million years for all the geology to cook.
They get to the top of the ridge and Michael points out a depression in
the south bank which he suspects gold is. In the village, Michael
tells Kenny that the lease on the property is held by a Canadian
company that is willing to unload it but he hasn't been able to come up
with the capital to develop the site. They also need money to line the
pockets of the corrupt Indonesian government. Kenny says he will raise
the money and writes down a contract on a napkin [this will come back to
play later in the film]. Michael agrees and they shake on it. Back
in the States, Kenny compiles a team of salesmen to pitch the site to
investors on the phone, like he used to do solo. They are more
successful than he was and Kenny ends up with $267,000 in investments.
Its not what Michael needs but its enough to start off with; if they end
up finding gold, they can raise additional funds.
So we have a story full of oney making business, and I made this review a bit longer, because some of might see a very close plot to Wolf of Wallstreet, yes indeed it is. But later on more about it.
Let's talk about the CAST first. Matthew McConaughey is playing Kelly Wells. First of all I am a fan of Matthew McConaughey, he is acting so good, in each of his movie. He has a run right now, so famous and so good. He is a big, fat man in the movie, we see him a lot of times naked, so his character is like I am here for everything what you want to do with me. So he knows himself at its best, what is good, because to be selfish here helps him a lot, but he is a freak when it comes up to gold. He is in 95% of all the scences. Then we have Edgar Ramirez as Michael Coster, the man who is a legend in finding gold, he has his own story at the very end of the movie. He his Kelly's partner, both together are a good duo.
The CAMERA is more like a drama work than a thriller, it show the crazyness of Kelly, when it comes up to gold and to find it. A lot of close up picutres.
The SETTING is like China town, huge bars, and also landscapes when it is about findsing gold.
The MUSIC is nothing special in the movie Maybe too many pop music songs, which do not fit to the ation and setting sometimes.
The EFFECTS are okay, not a lot of to mention here.
CONCLUSION
What I like about Gold is, the storytelling, that Kelly has a lot of screen time, and it is nice to see that Kelly has a dream which he really wants to make come true.
What I did not like about the movie:
The movie is a bit too long, the movie and the theme of the story is always the same.
At the it is a good movie, so I will give him for its genre 7/10 as well as overall 7/10. Thanks for reading, and have fun while watching movies.
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