Gold (2022)

Bleak, painful and raw portrait of Zach Efron, who accidentally finds lots of gold in the midst of a huge desert and who is determined to protect his new found treasure come hell or high water. The blistering sun and man eating coyotes being his worst enemies. Or is greed his worst enemy?

The good: terrific extreme makeover of Zach Efron's face. You have never have seen him this ugly and repulsive. Great acting performance as well. This is basically a one man movie, with only 3 other small supporting roles. That's all.

More good: however slowburning in nature this story might be (nothing much happens), there is still a suspense building up in strength, the suspense being IF and HOW Zach Efron is gonna survive the desert.

Not any bad? If I have to be really critical, there are a few plot turns that I could rationalize to pieces, but on the whole, this story made sense. And it is a tough cookie! Quite impressive.

Not a happy end. Not a happy movie. Those folks who want to be simply entertained, better move on to Spiderman and the sorts...