I find it difficult sometimes to review movies on DVD. Why? Because I believe that I have ADD, that’s why. While at home, I generally shift from one task to another at a whim and without regard for whether I have finished the previous task. This type of behavior makes it very difficult to focus on and analyze a film that does not capture my attention. The benefit of this is that I know when I am not interested in a film – I do not finish it. Unfortunately this only happens with DVDs, as I have never walked out of a movie in a theater.
So it is safe to say that Andy Garcia’s first major release as a director, The Lost City, was at a significant disadvantage when I sat down to view it in the comfort of my living room. Just to throw salt on the already open wound, I decided to watch it with my lovely lady friend, another tough situation for a young guy like me who has always raging hormones. So it doesn’t surprise me that I did not get more than about 35 minutes into the movie before I lost interest and began other activities. And lets just say that those other activities were far more interesting than the plot of this film.
Yet even though I had trouble making it through the initial screening of the film, I was still determined to give it a fair shot. I decided to watch it again, alone, with no foreseeable distractions present. And for the most part, it stuck a little better the second time. The film tells the story of a family in Cuba around the time that the oppressive regime of Batista was overthrown in lieu of the Marxist nation that now exists under Fidel Castro. Within the family are three brothers; the eldest Fico (Andy Garcia), who is a prominent nightclub owner in Havana, and the two younger siblings Luis and Ricardo (Nestor Carbonell and Enrique Murciano), who are secretly in the ranks of the revolution.
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