Treasure Hunt (2003) (V)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Andy Heidel (story)
Jim Wynorski (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian Scene | Reality Show | Beautiful Woman | B Movie | Bare Breasts

Cast

Melissa Brasselle	...	Miranda
Richard Gabai	...	Dan
Samantha Phillips	...	Sam
Lenny Juliano	...	Skippy
Gail Harris	...	Gail
Ted Monte	...	Ted
Glori-Anne Gilbert	...	Glory
Mary Ann Schmidt	...	Mary Ann
Grant Cramer	...	Graham (as Joseph Young)
E. Eddie Edwards	...	Reverend Karas (as E. Eddy Edwards)
Shea Smith	...	Shea
Jim Wynorski	...	Jim
Jay Richardson	...	H.G.
Tane McClure	...	Ginger LaMarca
Jenny Sherwin	...	Marcella
John Cecill	...	Tom
Steve Mitchell	...	Steve
James Lockwood	...	Fabulous
Mary Lou Bell	...	Mary Lou
Hayley Sanchez	...	Hayley Daniels
Susan Skye	...	The Masseuse
Julie Strain	...	Herself

Directed by
Jim Wynorski

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andy Heidel		story
Jim Wynorski		writer

Produced by
Henry West	....	producer

Cinematography by
Andrea V. Rossotto

Sound Department
Kevin Reilly	....	foley artist

Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Production Companies

• The Pacific Trust

Distributors

• All Channel Films Distribution (2003) (USA) (TV)
• Califilm
• New Concorde

Also Known As:

Survive This (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

USA:78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

The Pacific Trust

Movie Connections:

Features Piranha (1978)

Babes,Buffoons and Coconuts

A lush deserted tropical island...a scavenger hunt for 10 million dollars and, best of all, a bevy of busty babes. What could be bad?....Leave it to Diamond Jim Wynorski.

In fairness, this one is a cut above Wynorski's typically lazy, low budget efforts. Treasure Hunt is filmed (or videotaped) in darkly "comic"semi-Mockumentary style, and the seemingly improvised script is not entirely witless. But, Jim Wynorski is no Christopher Guest, and only a few of the credit sequence out-takes are truly funny.

I wish The Blair Witch Project was never made. It's surprising success gave license to a new school of motion sickness film making, which is showcased here. In too many scenes the camera appears to be mounted to a pendulum on a merry-go-round. It never stands still. The movie does deliver on some of the promised T&A (actually, a lot more T then A...the camera angles, such as they are, generally stay above the waist...thong bikini fans will have to settle for a meager glance or two). There is definitely some "sightseeing" potential here, but it's often like watching from a roller coaster. I got a headache in a hurry.

The concept of typically obnoxious reality show contestants (ALA "Survivor") bumping one another off may be a lot of laughs...but you won't find too many here. I rate this a 4/10.