In the Lost Lands

This Europudding production plods unrewardingly through the murky and humourless terrain of science-fantasy; it is a movie of flabby characterisation, dull storytelling and midprice VFX work.

In The Lost Lands, however, feels superficial even by Anderson’s standards, leaning a little too heavily into his predilection for pastiche.

Ultimately, the threadbare quality of Constantin Werner’s screenplay cannot be smoothed over with gobs of CGI effects (impressive as some of these sequences look) and the star power of Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista.

Is this a real movie? I’m not entirely certain, and I certainly can’t recommend watching it. But I am amused by the bizarre Anderson-Jovovich oeuvre and hope they keep cranking them out.

While the ending of this boisterous action adventure is a muddle, the magic is compelling, and the movie drops the self-seriousness that sometimes plagues adaptations of Martin’s sprawling work.

A threadbare film that barely resembles an idea.

In The Lost Lands finds its way whenever there is action, but the talking bits are best forgotten.

As much as I love a bad movie, this is just too much. You broke me, Anderson.

Set in a dystopian world blending modern and medieval elements, the film fails to create an engaging atmosphere, often leaving the audience confused rather than immersed.

A mind-numbing waste of George R.R. Martin’s source material, where the author’s intrigue and lore has been significantly watered down in favour of generic and personality-free post-apocalyptic action slop where everything looks and feels artificial.