Treasure Raiders
Treasure Raiders
PG-13 | 20 April 2007 (USA)
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Michael, an American professor teaching history at Moscow University, finances his passion for treasure hunting with competitive street racing. His racing nemesis Wolf becomes his ally as they both embark on a quest to search for a famous ancient Russian treasure.

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AutCuddly

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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Stephanie

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Lela

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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Brooklynn

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

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mikemdp

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.

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dbborroughs

American professor goes to Moscow to track down the lost treasure of the Templar Knights. In order to finance his trips he is a street racer on the side. getting hooked up with a Russian street racer the professor has to fend off rival experts, the police and a drug dealing gang in order to find his treasure. Okay action film has a near top billed David Carradine and Sherilyn Fenn barely appearing. The star of the film is actually Steven Brand who hooks up with Alexander Nevsky to chase down the secret treasure. The action is good, the racing far. The performances work in a mindless popcorn sort of way. As import action films go this is worth watching should you come across it on cable. I wouldn't go out of my way to track it down, but I would sit and watch if I saw it cable.

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andyadams-1

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.

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edinuser

The worst movie I've ever seen (after Borat). Horrible actors, stupid story. These people have never seen a camera. Maybe they have been "hired" from the street. The plot of the movie is very shallow. They somehow tried to copy from "Largo" and other movies, but did not succeed. They even stole David from "Largo" so that they can get some viewers. Another side of the story is that all characters are really ugly. Even the "beautiful" girlfriend of the main character looks like hit by a truck. And she is also a very bad actress. The movie consists of disconnected scenes. Seems as if it has been shot randomly, with no main idea. Cars, races, history--all at one place. Really bad English coming from people who obviously read the text from behind the camera, because they don't even seem to focus on the subject they are talking about. Hard to believe someone spent time and money to shoot that movie. Shame.

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