8/10
A Good TV Movie Based On A Game Show
11 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Noah is a boy who tends to leap before he thinks, as his family goes on vacation in Hidden Temple Park, after his sister, Sadie, calls it fake. Noah and his brother, Dudley, decide to try and sneak in to prove the legend of the temple is real. However, the three soon find themselves on an adventure, as they get stuck in the temple, and Olmec, the keeper of the temple, and king of an ancient civilization, tasks them to find the Pendant of Life, or be trapped forever.

The movie is a good adaptation, as it takes elements from the game show it's based on while injecting the same danger and suspense that made adventures films like Indiana Jones so thrilling. The movie also gives Olmec (who is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, reprising the role from the game show) a backstory and two children, one of them, Thak, being the main antagonist. All the actors do a good job (including Kirk Fogg, who appears as the guide for the hidden temple. Also, some scenes reference the game show's many nitpicks that fans have (the Shrine of the Silver Monkey scene is one of them) and even references and prizes (the end, the kids are given a trip to space camp from Chad Hickman as an apology). This is a good movie adaptation of a kid's game show, and I hope it one day leads to the revival of it.
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