Gold

R

Released Mar 11, 2022

1 hr. 37 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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65%

51 Reviews

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40%

Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings

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In the not too distant future, two drifters (Zac Efron, Anthony Hayes) traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found, and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders, while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate.

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Critics Consensus

Zac Efron makes Gold worth watching, even if the film as a whole struggles to match its leading man's committed central performance.

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Kisha

It was good. The ending couldve lasted 2-3 more minutes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/22

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Starla

Slow paced movie, but makes you a little nervous with anticipation as to how it will end.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/13/22

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steelas481

Movie would be a lot better if the protagonist wasn't almost impossible to like...reason being he just messed up all the time by doing completely air headed things. Not that he was made to be some kind of survival expert but like dude has no common sense and is trying to survive reactively instead of proactively. Zac Efron is a pretty good actor but man did they make his character in this movie an idiot.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Fred K

Enjoyed it. Kept you thinking. Always pleased when a primary actor also wrote and directed it!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Natan

Movie was unique and the setting never changed, I think that the ending could have been better but I think that what the writers did was still good.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/15/24

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Green C

One of the most stressful movies I've seen, but mesmerizing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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Rex Reed

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Stretches [Efron's] range and physical endurance far beyond anything his fans ever dreamed of.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 31, 2022

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

If only the film itself rose to Efron's extreme level of his commitment.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 11, 2022

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Guy Lodge

Variety

[Efron is] good, as anyone’s who been paying attention should expect. Beyond that, it’s a somewhat arid exercise.

Mar 11, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

A taut, focused, and surprisingly potent thriller. It also features a terrific Zac Efron performance that gives long-time naysayers like me a chance to rethink our past feelings on the 34-year-old actor.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 16, 2022

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John Serba

Decider

... This film is occasionally artful, but mostly mirthless and ugly and hopeless.

Jul 14, 2022

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

Zac Efron more than carries this effective post-apocalyptic 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre' set in the Australian outback.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 28, 2022

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Synopsis

In the not too distant future, two drifters (Zac Efron, Anthony Hayes) traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found, and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders, while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate.

Director: Anthony Hayes
Executive Producer: Andrew Mann, Nadine Luque, Silvio Salom, Christelle Conan, Nicholas Cole, Will Clarke, Andy Mayson, Mike Runagall, Nick Forward, Paul Wiegard, Simon Williams, Peter Touche
Screenwriter: Anthony Hayes, Polly Smyth
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Ingenious Media, Deeper Water, Rogue Star Films
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English (Australia)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $94.0K
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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