Purely Joyful Movie!

Admirable film.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Oh, cut this fun and funny movie a break, whydontcha.Here's a movie that revels – no, bathes – in its own ridiculousness to such a degree you really can't escape being charmed by all the fun everyone's having.So here's the silly story: A college professor who doubles as an illegal street racer and triples as an intrepid archaeologist is in Russia on a teacher exchange program but is really seeking the lost treasure of the Knights Templar. Because yeah.He befriends a kindly Russian vigilante strongman, woos the vigilante's Angelina Jolie lookalike sister, and runs afoul of drug dealers, a characteristically evil David Carradine, and Russian police who openly and inexplicably worry about "bad press."Talk about uneven! I lost count of how many movies were going on here. It's a "Fast & Furious" mockbuster, it's a "Da Vinci Code"/"Tomb Raider"/"Indiana Jones" mashup, it's a clichéd drug melodrama, all duct taped and Krazy Glued together into one Frankenstein of a movie.That said, "Treasure Raiders" is an idiotic delight; near perfect comic book escapism, with just enough unintentionally funny scenes like these to make it a big ol' hoot:-- CUT to stunt driver speeding through the streets of Moscow, then CUT to ancient David Carradine gesticulating wildly with a steering wheel, obviously not driving at all.-- Russian bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky is an expressive, genial teddy bear of an actor cut from Arnold's cloth, and is just as indecipherable as Arnold was back in the day.-- And his girlfriend is, oddly, Sherilyn Fenn, obviously old enough to be his mother, who acts as if she wandered in from the movie set next door.There's an ancient coded amulet, a secret bible, plot holes wider than Red Square, and a car that shoots rockets.Actual Russian location shooting lend this movie some much-needed validity, and there are some stunts and racing scenes that are actually quite jaw-dropping. One involving a motorcycle that bursts from a window in the midst of an explosion is truly impressive for a DTV silly like this.Know what I say? Woo hoo! What a Friday night, with "Treasure Raiders," some 7-layer dip and chips, and a coupla cold ones!H8rs gonna h8. Don't listen to them. Listen to me. This is a fun one. Pick it up.

This film is quite possibly the biggest piece of crap I've ever had the misfortune of watching, and that's saying a lot.The acting was painful to watch. It seemed as if they just pulled some random guys off the street and told them to wing it. The timing was unbearable. The chemistry: painfully lacking. The characters: one-sided, shallow, and downright weird (what were thy thinking w/ the guy from Colombia). Carradine and Fenn must be pretty hard up to have taken part in this monstrosity. Trust me guys, get new agents; making this kind of crap isn't going to bring you back.The plot was non-existent as if they set a couple of grade-schoolers loose with some crayons, took the end result, and used it to start shooting. Seriously, the big, Russian, wolf-guy who wrote this should be beaten to death with a playwriting guide.The title is confusing as there is no treasure and no raiding anywhere in this nightmare. Just when it shows a glimmer of getting interesting (more interesting than sleeping that is), the credits roll out. I give it 2 stars, and that's because I'm in a good mood.Do yourself a favor and avoid like the plague.

Don't waste any time off your already precious life on this.Pathetic at best and I'm being generous is the only way to describe this D grade attempt at a movie.The attempt at acting and the Russian/American accents were terrible. Story line is so cheesy. A professor of history who is drag racing treasure hunter searching for the treasure of the Knights Templar. It is what it is and it is definitely bad. If hope my comments save's someone from watching this. The best part of this movie was turning it off and it didn't take long.

saw this at a screening over the last week, its incredible. I don't want to give anything away, but i'm hoping this film breaks out into LARGE release, as it is worthy of a huge audience. The audeince at the film festival seem to be equally impressed and blown away by this film. The directors and producer of the film stood there for over an hour answering questions, and making comments about the film. ITs not too often that films nowadays are gutsy enough to be made out of the Hollywood mold like this film, yet its BETTER , much much better than your average Hollywood film. I think it will come to the theaters over this summer. This is a perfect summer release, and will do VERY VERY well if let out in wide distribution. Don't miss this, incredible action, great script, top notch acting..!!!!