'Riddle of Fire' Review — 'The Lord of the Rings' Meets 'The Goonies'
Weston Razooli's Riddle of Fire is a film that has a charming cast and plenty of potential though soon begins to wear thin. Read on for our review.
Riddle of Fire is a movie that is never lacking in charm. Unfortunately, charm can only get you so far. A film about kids who ride around on their motorbikes undertaking various quests in Wyoming that increasingly spiral out of control, it is like writer-director Weston Razooli took some of the beats and aesthetics of something like The Lord of the Rings with a dash of The NeverEnding Story, then injected it into a more modern fairy tale narrative in the tone of something like The Goonies. Wielding paintball guns, these scrappy young kids just want to have ordinary fun on their summer break only to discover the world around them is full of more lightly magical elements. It's a visually impressive feature debut for Razooli, but that is only one small part of the experience.
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