The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
An adventure film about the search for a more than 200-year-old treasure on the ocean floor.
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- Cast:
- Stephen Boyd , Cheryl Ladd , Chuck Woolery , David Ladd , Darby Hinton , Art Metrano , Rosey Grier
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Best movie of this year hands down!
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
I cannot even give this a one because it would be too high of a rating. For the exception of some serious Cheryl Ladd boobage, this thing was quite possibly the worst film ever made, and the directors/writers should be completely and utterely embarrassed. Make sure if you watch this, you have no sharp objects, a tie or rope, or a big bowl of water, because you will want to hang, drown and stab yourself to try and ease the pain of watching this.Quite literally you could sit and stare at a wall, and that wall would tell a better story than what this movie will do for you. You can't even use your imagination because by watching this, your mind is completely dormant and you will have no thought process until you manage to summon the remote to change the channel.Your feelings will be hurt, your kids will hate you, your friends will never speak to you again and your wife or husband will leave you for somebody else if you are caught watching this "masterpiece." Do yourself a favor and please don't watch this incredible piece of crap. It is the equivalent of going to the strip club only to watch the DJ, to try and nail jello at the wall, to pick up women at the bar with a coors cutter (non-alcoholic) beer in your hand. None of it makes sense and neither does this movie. SAVE YOURSELF!!!!
This has got to be, without a doubt, the worst movie I have ever seen! I tried watching it for a little 70's nostalgia....but it was just too bad (I'll stick to movies from the 40's and 50's thank you!).The soundtrack was nothing but annoying noise...the writing bland; the story was absurd (Yeah...like this group of doofuses could even walk down a street without getting mugged, much less find a treasure!) and the acting made the Brady Bunch seem Shakespearian by comparison! If I had walked in on this movie, I would've thought it was a skit making fun of 70's movies...only it's not funny. I was wishing all the characters would just get a good case of the bends and disappear!
I own a G-rated alternate cut of this film entitled "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef;" I watched it and found it to be a very pleasant and enjoyable diversion. A motley assortment of intrepid and adventurous divers who include Stephen Boyd as the laid-back leader, a pre-"Charlie's Angels" Cheryl Ladd as the token feisty hottie chick, the hulking Rosey Grier as a gregarious steamboat captain and Darby Hinton as a brash young kid go searching in the Caribbean sea for a sunken Spanish galleon which contains a fortune in gold coins. Naturally, finding said galleon and retrieving the coins proves to be an extremely difficult and challenging task.Virginia Stone's snappy direction, working from J.A.S. McCombie's lively, colorful script, keeps the nonstop pace hurtling along throughout, maintains a charmingly breezy'n'easy goofy tone, elicits spirited performances from an amiable cast, and stages several stirring action set pieces with considerable panache (a rousing car chase, some rough'n'tumble fisticuffs and a thrilling beat-the-clock rescue operation are the definite highlights). The lovely, picturesque widescreen cinematography (the underwater photography is especially breathtaking and impressive), the gorgeous Jamiacan locations, Christopher Stone's bouncy score, and the spectacular sight of the tiny, delectable Ms. Ladd in a skimpy bikini further add to the infectiously frothy merriment. An engagingly silly and good-natured piece of lightweight fluff.
My main problem with this movie is the sound track. The sound track on this movie sounds like it was recorded with a portable tape recorder. The punches sound like people slapping their hands together . Also the cheesy piano music sounds like lounge music.