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Good start, but then it gets ruined

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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

In the Tradition of the classic 80s films including the Goonies and Stand by Me, comes one certain film for kids and adults would definitely enjoy since it's not on DVD that they both remembered watching back in the nineties when they rented movies long before Netflix came around.the plot and story is very impressive, the cast is still good but some of the actors have been forgotten since who knows when, neat narration told by the lead character "David Shipper" and of course the music score is really nice.the Story is very that simple, we're the protagonist David notice his cousin Jonathan is coming over for the summer during the 100th Anniversary of the Emerald Cove's establishment and they decide to have a camp out at the beach along with his friend Freddy who can be a goof ball most of the time, until they found a piece of a paper which happens to be a map and even read about the lighthouse murder that began 30 years ago.around that time, Cap happens have lost his mind after he can't remembers his own name and start to think of the girl named "Sally Mae" and some bad guys who are more like the Fratellis and a little bit redneck (since this movie is filmed in California) who somehow in search of the treasure itself since Mr. Haley happens to be the lighthouse murderer and wore that uniform and pick-ax all along that look it came out of a murder mystery novel.on and all, this is a unique family film ever to come out in the late 80s and early 90s since I've seen this many times at my local Blockbuster Video store in the early 2000s before DVDs became popular, if you love some films ever to come in the eighties like the Goonies, Explorers, Stand by Me, the Monster Squad as well as the Indiana Jones films In which they are kinda rated PG and it's third film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" is given a PG-13 rating then this is worth seeing when you come across it on YouTube since there are a few other movies that never did get a DVD Release to this day including the Prehysteria Trilogy, Trading Mom and even The Gate II: Trespassers.

I had the interesting experience of working on this film as an assistant editor with Robert Paul. I had not been a part of principal photography, or even the initial rough cut. When it came to me, we worked on it steadily for 15-20 hour days for three straight weeks. I appreciate aspects of the film given its lack of budget, but there were far too many sequences where there was just not enough film footage to make much sense. It's kind of like the idea of the current Disney film 'Holes'. The Treasure is pock-marked with many craters.. It was a neat experience seeing it on the silver screen. Yes, it's not very good as a finished film, but it was a fun experience, and young kids (very young...) seem to enjoy some of the antics.

This is one of those movies that I loved because despite its efforts to be a normal, children's adventure tale, it actually turns out to be a comic gem. Why? The acting, the plot, the dialogue, the characters. This is one of those movies that made me exclaim "It hurts!!!" because I was laughing so hard. (Also check out "Trucks" for this same effect. I am 21 and I love this movie (maybe I'm just immature and easily entertained). I would give a lot to have this movie released on dvd with director/cast commentary.

A film so ridiculously deritive that you know what's going to happen as the opening credits come up. A film so bad that you don't care. The three kids mysteriously grow 4-5 inches in some scenes, obviously shot months later in order to help out the plot or because the filmmakers ran out of money and couldn't shoot the film all at once.The deus-ex-machina ending is acted so badly that all actors and crew should hang their head in shame.