TREASURE TRACKERS – A Review by John Strange
This film is aimed at young teens. The story is centered on the heroine, Leah (Charity Rose) who is pulled out of school in California (sixth grade) by her dad and dropped off at her aunt’s house in a town whose legends include the Raven Witch and Silas Carter’s cursed gold.
As happens so often in these movies, Leah is soon allied with two underdogs at school. Together they decide to see if they can decipher the clues left in the legend and find the gold. And when kids from the local high school turn up, also looking for the gold, the race is on.
Will the older kids force the youngsters to drop out of the race? Will Leah’s team put their greater intellect to the task and beat the others to the treasure? Will parents interfere and cost the kids the race?
The movie is fun to watch. The story is pretty tight with some very good special effects. The secondary characters are very quirky but that is a way that films in this genre can excel. The crazy/different characters can flesh out the story and give it a depth it might lack if it holds strictly to the primary plotline.
Treasure Trackers is the first Halloween-related movie that I have watched this year. I think that kids and teenagers will like it. I know I did.
Director: Drew Garcia, Nate Garcia
Cast: Charity Rose, Amelia Salazar, Sean Jay, Kim Sandwich, Zephaniah Terry, Sam Coffelt
MPAA Rating: NR TV-PG
Selig Rating: 4 Stars
Runtime: 94 Min.
On-Demand Release Date: 10/1/2024
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, SCI-FI Fantasy, Independent
Trailer: TREASURE TRACKERS Official Trailer
The Selig Rating Scale:
5 Stars – Excellent movie/show, well worth the time and price.
4 Stars – Good movie/show
3 Stars – OK movie/show
2 Stars – Well, there was nothing else…
1 Star – Total waste of time.
