The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon |  | Director: Farhad Mann
Actors: Michael Shanks, Shannen Doherty, JR Bourne, Toby Berner, Heather Doerksen
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 47006
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.7
MPN: 2349
UPC: 013138234988
EAN: 0013138234988
ASIN: B001NY4WNS
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 26, 2009
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 I got this DVD not knowing it was a TV movie January 8, 2010
J. Munyon
I'm a fan of Michael Shanks and Shannen Doherty. The film was listed as 'unrated' and seemed to me to have potential for some bawdy antics from Heather Doerksen. Out in the middle of the Grand Canyon landscape anything can happen. Maybe even the feared monster could manage something like ripping a blouse or something. But none of that takes place, and the movie disappointed me because Shannen Doherty is so tame and conservative. Her 90210 acting gave me some hope she wouldn't be so victorian in her attire, and Shannen played in Hell on Heels as well as in Charmed with a lot more sexual energy. Michael Shanks was throttled back in potential too, and I think the emphasis was meant to fall more upon the savage tribe of lost Inca/Aztec type people, and if Michael Shanks wasn't in it, I'd have tossed this one into the garbage bin - too ashamed to give it away. This kind of movie is why adventure films typically get passed over - they NEED to be passed over. Boo and hiss. Don't buy this unless you just don't have anything else better to watch on the cartoon channel.
 The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon blu-ray January 7, 2010
Joseph D. Sagerstrand (Holbrook, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was very entertaining. It had some good special effects. You will like it if you are a Shannen Doherty fan.
 The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon... Some things should stay lost. October 20, 2009
Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon: 1 out of 10: Well, I was two minutes into the film and my girlfriend jinxed us. Hey you know this movie isnt that bad. I turned pale real pale. You dont tempt the Gods like that. Not with a made for Sci-fi Channel movie. Not one where the lead is Shannen Doherty. The words barely left my girlfriend's mouth, and a CGI puppet began sliming a Frat Boy in a diaper. The Horror. The Horror.
If I am going to start somewhere, I have to start with the Frat Boys in diapers. The movie claims these are Aztecs still hidden in the Grand Canyon at the end of the 19th century. (I know I know) Apparently, they have been hiding from the white man for many years. Not to mention the Havasupai and the Painte and the Pai and the tourists at the Upper Canyon Ranch and perhaps the boys in blue down at Ft. Mohave.
Anyway, this lost tribe of Aztecs, like some Japanese WW2 sniper still hiding in a palm tree in 1971, is hidden in the Grand Canyon. What seems stranger is that they consist almost entirely of a hereto thou undiscovered group of Aztecs who look like white college football players wearing diapers (well more of a mawashi) and war paint. I am all in favor of multicultural casting, but I cant believe that it isnt a little insensitive to portray Native Americans as, well, extras in a Fire Island movie.
Hold on a second, Fire Island Movie???? The men are all buff and practically naked. The two women are wearing pants and done up to look twice their age. The monster spews slime on the buff boys for no good reason. Oh God, no, its Jeepers Creepers 2 all over again. The homoerotic horror film strikes again.
Now, Im not sure that the over the top homoeroticism is director Farhad Manns doing (or even intentional), but Mann is responsible for both Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace as well as Return to Two Moon Junction, so with a track record like that I am prepared to blame him for a Swine Flu outbreak, let alone this film.
So what else went wrong? Well, the Quetzalcoatl design is all wrong (he looks like a puppet) and his CGI is bad by even the very low Sci-fi Channel standards. The sets look like Kirk and Spock are going to beam down at any moment. Half the explorers are grossly overweight; an unlikely condition in the far west wilderness that distance from a Wal-Mart. As noted above Shannen Doherty, who isnt even forty, looks forty-five; and Heather Doerksen, who isnt even thirty, looks fifty. Finally, they have a five minute flashback at the end that repeats the entire film.
But lets face it, buff white frat boys in diapers getting slimed from off camera and pretending to be Indians? Yeah, that is just all sorts of wrong.
WHO MOVED THE CANYON? September 15, 2009
Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA)
IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THIS MOVIE WAS NOT FILMED ANYWHERE NEAR THE GRAND CANYON. BUT EVEN THE ACTUAL LOCATION COULD REALLY SAVE THIS TEPID/DERIVATIVE MESS.
HISTORICALLY INCORRECT, SOMNAMBULENT PERFORMANCES, CHEESY CGI MONSTER, LAZY DIRECTION AND STUPID PLOTTING ONLY ADD UP TO A PRETTY BAD MOVIE. SHANN9ON DOHERTY AND MICHAEL SHANKS LOOK EMBARRASSED.
Just for fun! August 26, 2009
daniel4ever
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon will never win any awards. It is a made for SciFi channel movie, one of its weekly monster movies. The attraction for me is that it stars Michael Shanks, and the added bonus is that it also stars JR Bourne. Any Stargate fan recognizes those names, and for me, `nuff said!
Michael Shanks does a great job of bringing his character to life, with little nuances that make me want to know more about what he is thinking, and about his past history. To me, he adds texture to what could be a one-dimensional character. His performance makes the movie worth watching.
JR Bourne also turns in a nice performance, completing the triangle, and managing to win my sympathy by the end of the movie.
Sadly, the same cannot be said of Shannen Doherty, who in my opinion phoned in her appearance. She seemed stiff and uninspired.
In conclusion, if you are looking for a movie with some deep meaning, don't buy this one. But, if you want something fun, and with solid performances by some of the leads, who also happen to be easy on the eye, then buy it and enjoy!
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