Fountain of Youth (2025)

Fountain of Youth is an old school adventure story that is fairly B-movie. This treasure hunting adventure certainly is not Indiana Jones. It's not even National Treasure. It's more like the 80s adaptation of King Solomon's Mines and it's sequel. Despite the rather compelling chemistry between the stars and Ritchie's signature kinetic film making style, Fountain of Youth ends up mildly entertaining but rather forgettable.  

I give credit to Krasinski and Portman for making this as fun as it ends up being. But there are just too many jump the shark moments to take this story seriously enough as one needs to to make it truly engaging. This feels like an attempt to start a franchise but it would be hard for me to care about seeing another adventure in this series. The film is lacking in any real investment in itself to make its audience believe in the story and believe in the characters. 

Fountain of Youth

Starring: John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo, Stanley Tucci 

Director: Guy Ritchie

Writer: James Vanderbilt