Tekuani, the Guardian (2014)

Tekuani, the Guardian: Directed by Sergio Sánchez Suárez. With Iazua Larios, Manuel Uriza, Iván Arana, Philip Willingham. Three rescuers search for missing tourists in a cave. After hours of searching, they find an ancient treasure. After they take everything, the vault’s guardian poisons their minds with greed, leading to their destruction.

“This movie was somewhat generic, although it was still watchable – donu0026#39;t get me wrong here. u0026quot;Tekuani, the Guardianu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Keeper of the Realmu0026quot;) actually turned out to be entertaining enough, though it was pretty straight forward, and bordering on being so predictable that even a dead man could see what was coming.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline in u0026quot;Tekuani, the Guardianu0026quot; was simple enough, but it wasnu0026#39;t something truly unique, nor was it something innovative and new to the world of cinema. I am, however, a little bit amazed that three writers – Andronico Gonzalez, Eli Garcia Ruiz and Sergio Sánchez Suárez – just couldnu0026#39;t manage to put together something more outstanding and unique.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe pacing of the movie was fairly adequate, as the movie started out well enough and director Sergio Sánchez Suárez actually managed to maintain that pace all throughout the course of the entire movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Tekuani, the Guardianu0026quot; has an okay ensemble of casted performers, though it was a relatively small ensemble. So, of course, there was more pressure on each individual performer to deliver and carry the movie. Which, I must say, they actually managed to do well enough.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is listed as a adventure, horror and thriller. Well, sure, it does have elements of each, but this was more of a drama adventure in my opinion, with a hint of thriller to it. There wasnu0026#39;t anything in the horror department if you ask a seasoned old horror veteran such as myself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI found the movie to be adequately entertaining, although the lack of originality, just kept the movie from actually rising up about the mediocrity slump.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;Tekuani, the Guardianu0026quot; settles on a mediocre five out of ten stars. The movie is watchable, for sure, just donu0026#39;t go expecting a grand movie experience, nor a particularly memorable movie experience. This is the type of movie that you will watch once, and probably forget about its existence shortly thereafter.”