The Lost City (2005)
Directed by Andy Garcia
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.
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The movie also featured Sandra Bullock as Ladybug’s handler and I was kind of hoping for the same winning chemistry they previously shared, albeit briefly in The Lost City.
On his latest mission, he is instructed via phone by a woman named Maria (Sandra Bullock, of The Lost City ) to simply find a briefcase and take it off the train.
Following on from an equally goofy part as a Zen adventurer in The Lost City, here he indulges himself in a dizzy haplessness as he tries to avoid killing anyone.
As for the cameos, let’s just say there’s The Lost City reunion as well as one of the stars from one of Leitch’s biggest hit movies.
While the lack of different settings might cause a lot of problems, not for Leitch and his cinematographer Jonathan Sela (“The Lost City”, “Transformers: The Last Knight”).
Let’s get this out of the way: “The Lost City” is essentially a remake of 1984’s “Romancing the Stone.”
It's unfortunate that ''The Lost City" brings to mind the powerful and eloquent passage in ''The Godfather: Part II" where Michael Corleone goes to Havana for a mob deal intended to suck the island dry before the revolution and winds up seeing a Cuban guerrilla blow himself up.
Director and co-writer James Gray's ( The Lost City , We Own the Night) ambitious and atmospheric space drama is a fabulous showcase for the star power of Brad Pitt.