Lost Treasure Of The Maya DVD Review

 When her sister goes missing in Mexico while on an archeological expedition, Alexis (Heather Storm) sets off with a slew of flyers to bring her back to safety. While passing out her flyers in hopes of finding something to go on, Alexis meets the drunken, lazy Nico (Protasio) who is reluctant to help…or to do anything productive for that matter. Alexus attracts the attention of the ruthless artifact collector Lester (Michael Madsen) who wants to get his hand on the mask that Lauren and her colleagues were after. Nico, a highly trained former operative must decide whether to help Alexis or let Lester win.

Also known as Never A Bad Day, Lost Treasure Of The Maya sports some beautiful location photography as well as some well executed underwater scenes. The lush vegitation is captured vividly and really helps set the scene for the movie.

The storyline itself is pretty straightforward, featuring a reluctant hero that draws comparison to Stallone’s John Rambo in the 2008 Rambo film. The action is a little lighter than I would have liked but overall the movie works within it’s budget quite well and manages to keep a decent flow and pace. It isn’t breaking any new ground in adventure films, however it did keep me entertained throughout the film. As someone who enjoys made for television adventure movies such as The Librarian and The Land That Time Forgot, I feel Lost Treasure Of The Maya is much better than a lot of the other low budget films out there.

Michael Madsen chews some lines up as he keeps his henchmen in line and pursues the mystical mask. I was a little disappointed initially as I was expecting Madsen to play Nico. Madsen has the acting chops to play Nico’s role in his sleep but this time around he steps in as the villian in a shorter role. After I got used to Producer/ Screenwriter/Actor Prostasio as the hero, he did a fine job. The attractive Heather Storm also deserves a mention, as she does a good job as the determined heroine out to rescue her sister. Overall, other than a few horrible acting jobs by Lester’s local heavies, the acting is decent and well cast.

Overall, I would recommend this movie as a good rainy afternoon rental. It’s a good film for a Saturday afternoon sitting on the couch. The rewatchability factor is a bit lacking, as I don’t feel a need to revisit it for quite some time, however I enjoyed the initial viewing and recommend checking it out.

Lost Treasure Of The Maya is available now, courtesy of MTI Home Entertainment.