Review of The Da Vinci Treasure

This movie is a big disappointment and a waste of film. The story was mediocre, the acting was very poor. The worse shock for me was to see how C. Thomas Howell looked! He looked horribly gaunt and very old and his voice was too raspy. I thought to myself, was this poor guy really sick or on drugs? Well, I read Howell's mini-biography and found out that he had a bad case of appendicitis and that's why he looked so gaunt. In my opinion, Howell shouldn't be working right now because he looks really awful and he ought to take time out to recover fully before going back into films. I mean, if you're gonna do an action film with not a very good plot, you ought to at least look handsome.

This film is about a bunch of treasure hunters looking for the "Da Vinci treasure". The story is preposterous. There were some interesting ideas behind Da Vinci's artwork but that was about it. All the actors were incredibly wasted doing this forgettable film.

The directing was pretty bad. All of a sudden, the film would stop, a bright flash would appear and then the film would continue on. Instead of looking cool, it became a big irritation after awhile, because it was a pretty pointless special effect. The film was lifeless and I had to force myself to continue watching. I decided to continue watching this film because TV is now in re-run hell and there was nothing else better on.

I do hope that C. Thomas Howell recovers his health and his looks. I was just incredibly shocked and sadden by how crappy he looked.

Avoid this film, please.......!