Sylvia Pickel (Cindy Lauper) is a trance medium that in the beginning is seen talking with her spirit guide Louise and during a physics' class she meets Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) that has the power of determining the history of events surrounding an object around him by just touching it. One nights Sylvia goes in her kitchen and finds Harry Buscafusco (Peter Falk) that claimed to be there for hiring her for 50,000 dollars if she takes him to a remote country in South America where his son is gone missing. Nick sees this as a golden opportunity because he works as a museum guide but his qualities are seen as circus acts. Once in Ecuador Nick discovers that Harry is up to something and he soon discovers it: Harry sent them there for finding a lost city full of gold because Harry's last partner went insane in the process. After reluctantly accepting (with Harry getting killed in the process) they find this lost city and the pyramid that was embedded of all the psychic energy in the world by an alien race.
This is one of those 'turn off your brain and enjoy films' because if you think too much about the plot, you may not like it. The acting by Lauper, Goldblum and Falk were actually surprising, and the plot looked at times a good rip-off of the INDIANA JONES movies. Not one of those movies to be taken seriously, just for a day when you don't want to think too much.
This is one of those 'turn off your brain and enjoy films' because if you think too much about the plot, you may not like it. The acting by Lauper, Goldblum and Falk were actually surprising, and the plot looked at times a good rip-off of the INDIANA JONES movies. Not one of those movies to be taken seriously, just for a day when you don't want to think too much.