Bobby Ford and Jim Adams, two scouts win a trip to a boy scout troop in South America, As a reward for their good deeds. En route, the pilot Angus MacLean, encounters a storm and the plane crash lands in South America. MacLean breaks his leg and Bobby and Jim try to find food, but find a dying explorer who gives them a treasure map. The scouts must evade wild animals, natives, and a band of pirates while trying to find their way home, while MacLean, who has wandered off, tries to find help for him and the scouts. The "film" has terrible script, direction, acting, editing, cinematography, and every other film terminology imaginable. The pacing of the film is ridiculously slow where a story (if you can call it that) that would fit in a 15 minute short is stretched to 3 and half hours. Cox and Vance are the worst leads to appear in a serial, acting like they're stand-ins. The characters they play are stupid as well, totally uncharacteristic of scouts. I find it amazing that I was able to sit through this film. No surprise that much of the cast and crew were seldom, if ever, heard from again. Probably the worst film I have ever seen. Rating, based on serials (and even compared to my dad's home movies), 0.
Review of Young Eagles
