The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
1,795 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen GaghanDirector
- Patrick MassettWriter
- John ZinmanWriter
- Daniel PembertonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Matthew McConaugheyKenny Wells
- Bryce Dallas HowardKay
- Edgar RamírezMichael Acosta
- Timothy SimonsJackson
- Michael LandesBinkert
- Stacy KeachClive Coleman
- Rachael TaylorRachel Hill
- Bruce GreenwoodMark Hancock
- Craig T. NelsonKenny Wells
- Corey StollBrian Woolf
- Toby KebbellJennings
- Macon BlairConnie Wright
Stills
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Themes
goldfraudwall streetminingbased on true storygold mineindonesiamoneyjunglelightheartedintenseexcited