Moviecut—Legends of the Hidden Temple

It's impossible not to remember the iconic PC game from the 2000s, Zuma Delux, some correlation, probably not, or just the Mexican mythological and/or archeological legend, but other than that the movie is pretty simple, an Indiana Jones for pre kids, cuddly and predictable...

I've never seen the television game show that this is based on, but 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' makes for OK viewing. It's a decent adventure story featuring some semi-interesting scenarios, the battling brothers being the overall key to it all. I'm sure families will have a fun time watching this, despite it being aimed towards kids. Isabela Moner is in this playing Sadie. I knew she's good at the craft after seeing her excel in 'Instant Family', she's definitely the standout here; though Colin Critchley and Jet Jurgensmeyer give fair performances too. Dee Bradley Baker's voice works well for King Olmec, also. One for the family, for sure. Lastly, credit to them for making it a short watch - a full-blown production would've been superfluous.

Noah is a boy who tends to leap before he thinks, as his family goes on vacation in Hidden Temple Park, after his sister, Sadie, calls it fake. Noah and his brother, Dudley, decide to try and sneak in to prove the legend of the temple is real. However, the three soon find themselves on an adventure, as they get stuck in the temple, and Olmec, the keeper of the temple, and king of an ancient civilization, tasks them to find the Pendant of Life, or be trapped forever. The movie is a good adaptation, as it takes elements from the game show it's based on while injecting the same danger and suspense that made adventures films like Indiana Jones so thrilling. The movie also gives Olmec (who is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, reprising the role from the game show) a backstory and two children, one of them, Thak, being the main antagonist. All the actors do a good job (including Kirk Fogg, who appears as the guide for the hidden temple. Also, some scenes reference the game show's many nitpicks that fans have (the Shrine of the Silver Monkey scene is one of them) and even references and prizes (the end, the kids are given a trip to space camp from Chad Hickman as an apology). This is a good movie adaptation of a kid's game show, and I hope it one day leads to the revival of it.

Decent watch, won't watch again, can't really recommend. For a movie based off a kids show from 30 years ago where children are so excited they can't put a 3 piece puzzle together, its about as good as it could be. It allows for an interesting enough premise, but quickly becomes a cheap reference to the original show. The actual story line is touching, but not terribly substantial. I feel like I've seen the "disfunctional sibling relationship rectified due to a intense action situation" plenty of times, or maybe it's just so close to "I saved your life, you appreciate me now, so let's bang" trope. For kids, I think this is fine, but its just not going to wow anyone.

I actually got my Legends fix from Nick GAS in the mid-2000s, back when I was still in elementary school. Those years were memorable for me as a child, because I got to see one of the greatest children's game shows of all time, even if I was a little late to join in. Despite this minor setback, I thoroughly enjoyed the Legends movie. The acting was great, the story was well-written, and the nostalgic references were either hilarious, awesome, or both. (I nearly fell off my seat from the Silver Monkey and space camp references.) Overall, Nick surprised me with a solid movie reboot of one of my favorite game shows, and it definitely made me miss the good old days. It isn't worthy of an Oscar, but LOTHT was a 10 in my book. Solid work from Nickelodeon.

Siblings Sadie, Noah, and Dudley are with their parents at a jungle resort. Noah is sure that the temple is real while everybody is sure that it's simply a theme park. Tour guide Kirk Fogg gives Noah a map to the hidden temple. The three children get trapped inside the temple and they must search for two halves of a pendant to put everything right. What kind of parents let their three kids walk off without supervision? These are exactly the kind of kids that would get into trouble. They're dumb and self-possessed. Am I a bad person to suggest that they deserve to lose their kids? It would be better to have the kids be classmates on a school trip. The teacher can lose track of her class. The CGI is relatively good for TV movie. The kids are pretty good with good chemistry. The sets are more theme park than real jungle temple. Overall, it's a good enough kiddie adventure. This is fine for Nickelodeon and fine for young kids.

I am happy they brought back this game show. I was a little bit skeptical at first because, you know, how do you take a game show & make it into a movie??? I used to watch it as a kid when it was on air & wish I was able to compete on it. It always looked so cool. I'm glad that they used the original host as the guide as well as the team animals: green monkey, red jaguar, orange iguana, purple parrot, blue barracudas & silver snakes inside the temple & of course Olmec. It also included a lot of the original temple games & rooms from the game show like the Pit of Despair, the Treasure Room, the Quicksand Bog & the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, which is mind-boggling that it took them all night to assemble 3 pieces which, to me, is simple logic but then again the kids on the game show did have a hard time assembling it too. I also enjoyed the back story of Olmec & the temple, as well as the effects. The set design & scenery was beautiful. The writers did a good job on taking everything in the TV game show & expanding on it to make it into a 65 min movie. An oldie but definitely a goodie. I recommend this to all the fans of the game show & bring back the nostalgia of the early 90's.

I'am an unabashed fan of the game show, and to this day, I will never tire of it, no matter how many times I see each episode, it's just too good of a game show, balancing both mind and body into the mix for an exciting adventure that's never the same twice. While I was waiting for some episodes to come on DVD (I'm using various video websites to satisfy my cravings) to last forever in my future family, I heard about this movie coming soon. I was a little skeptical how the creators would handle it all in a movie, but they pulled it off nicely. The premise is very much compatible with the format of the show and I much enjoyed not only the return of Kirk Fogg and Olmec (voiced again by Dee Bradley Baker!) but several other homages as well that I won't reveal, you have to see it for yourself. It's not perfect, the irresponsible parent cliché, some implausibilities (a kid who can understand monkey language being one), and and preposterousness (the native people of Olmec's temple speaking English than some native language), but the good far outweighs the bad. I do hope they included episodes of the show when it comes out on DVD. Even if they didn't I'm not hesitating to grab it!

I know that was a bit harsh,but I did really like this film.First,the good,the characters they are decently developed and acted.The effects and action are decent,and the set design is amazing.The writers did a good job on taking everything in the TV show and expanding it.The humor,some jokes are really clever,like the references to the show ad some word puns.The score is good,and so is the cinematography.Now,the bad,the acting at times is too over the top.I thought that the movie was too fast in the last 30 minutes,and the biggest flaw,too much exposition,almost everything in the movie is explained,like come on,I think the audience can understand the movie without explanations every 5 seconds.All in all,this is a really fun nostalgiac film with a few flaws.