Reviews

I've watched Gold Rush since day one. Always a favorite until the last couple of years. The Lewis crew story line is by far the most scripted and the hardest to watch out of all the crews. Besides his stupid looking hair cut, the constant mention of Fred's military service and Green Beret status, and lately, his overly dramatic wife interjecting herself into the mix has dragged the rest of the program down into stupid reality show territory. No wonder Parker and his team are hardly seen any more; not enough drama I guess.

15 minutes into this movie I knew I made a mistake. Poor cinematography, choppy camera work, unbelievable circumstances, incoherant dialogue, and Wahlberg's character I hated immediately. Luckily, it was a free rental at Redbox. Save yourself some time and skip this bomb.

I had high hope's for this movie. I really enjoy Christian Bale as an actor and figured, if he's in it, its probably going to be pretty good. Wrong. About an hour into the movie, I brought up IMDB on my phone because it was so bad, I wanted to see what the viewer rating was. I was shocked to see it was 7.2. I figured 5.5 at the most. I mean this movie sucked! I.e., slow pace, inconceivable situations, zero character development, depressingly lit, and heavy handed morality lessons ruined it from the first scene.