Film Review – Fountain of Youth

Since 2019, director Guy Ritchie has been on a professional tear, overseeing the creation of multiple films, most delivering a satisfying sense of style and attitude while the helmer makes do with mid-range budgets. Such sharpness is immediately dulled in “Fountain of Youth,” which is Ritchie’s attempt to make a monster-budgeted adventure movie for all ages. Not helping the cause is screenwriter James Vanderbilt (“Independence Day” Resurgence,” “White House Down,” 2022’s “Scream”), who liberally lifts tone and ideas from the “National Treasure” and Indiana Jones films, out to generate a globetrotting adventure epic with plenty of puzzling and physical challenges to fill the run time. “Fountain of Youth” is a highly derivative endeavor, and Ritchie doesn’t shake up the formula, delivering a dull take on blockbuster moviemaking, pulling back on his recently revitalized sense of humor and intensity. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com