This film was truly depressing.
What started out as an intriguing attempt to retrieve buried items, turned into a giant fool's errand. The two older gentlemen who claimed to have hidden treasure could have been suffering from inaccurate memories, or they could have made the stories up altogether. People returning from war have been known to fabricate or embellish events that are not able to be verified independently.
I did not find the person from the Pacific war credible whatsoever--I suspect that his story was a confabulation which he told over and over until he believed it himself. His stories about multiple decapitations could be true, but I doubt it. His rambling manner, mispronunciations and overall demeanor would have convinced me to write him off immediately.
The gentleman who had been in Germany was more credible, but I felt that he didn't know what he was talking about. He claimed that the treasure would still be where he left it, allegedly because people don't go up on their roofs that often. That statement, and others like it, convinced me that mentally, he was slipping badly, and none of his statements could be considered trustworthy.
The person who really is a puzzlement is Lance. He's young enough to know better, yet seems as befuddled, clueless, impractical and disorganized as the older men.
I don't know what kind of mental disorder a person would have to have to fly halfway around the world, more than once, looking for something that he doesn't even have a map of or a picture of. He did mention that one of his sons had a drug problem; I was not clear on whether Lance did also. A history of drug abuse could account for his inability to use logic or to think critically. I found myself worrying about his mental state. He has a family who is counting on him, and he does not appear to be very reliable or intelligent.
I was touched by both of the older men when they stated that they suffered from painful, intrusive thoughts about the war. Those were the only times I felt any empathy or connection with the characters at all. Their grief over the war seemed genuine.
What started out as an intriguing attempt to retrieve buried items, turned into a giant fool's errand. The two older gentlemen who claimed to have hidden treasure could have been suffering from inaccurate memories, or they could have made the stories up altogether. People returning from war have been known to fabricate or embellish events that are not able to be verified independently.
I did not find the person from the Pacific war credible whatsoever--I suspect that his story was a confabulation which he told over and over until he believed it himself. His stories about multiple decapitations could be true, but I doubt it. His rambling manner, mispronunciations and overall demeanor would have convinced me to write him off immediately.
The gentleman who had been in Germany was more credible, but I felt that he didn't know what he was talking about. He claimed that the treasure would still be where he left it, allegedly because people don't go up on their roofs that often. That statement, and others like it, convinced me that mentally, he was slipping badly, and none of his statements could be considered trustworthy.
The person who really is a puzzlement is Lance. He's young enough to know better, yet seems as befuddled, clueless, impractical and disorganized as the older men.
I don't know what kind of mental disorder a person would have to have to fly halfway around the world, more than once, looking for something that he doesn't even have a map of or a picture of. He did mention that one of his sons had a drug problem; I was not clear on whether Lance did also. A history of drug abuse could account for his inability to use logic or to think critically. I found myself worrying about his mental state. He has a family who is counting on him, and he does not appear to be very reliable or intelligent.
I was touched by both of the older men when they stated that they suffered from painful, intrusive thoughts about the war. Those were the only times I felt any empathy or connection with the characters at all. Their grief over the war seemed genuine.