Tad the Lost Explorer Review

Tad the Lost Explorer 


Release Date: 10th August 2013 - Australia


Production Companies
El Toro Pictures
Lightbox Entertainment
Ikiru Films
Telecinco Cinema
Telefonica Producciones
Media Networks (in co-
production with)

Distribution
StudioCanal Australia


Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 88 minutes


Budget: €500,000,000

Box Office Gross: $51,300,000
(Worldwide)

 
Plot Summary
Tad Jones, a frustrated
construction worker,
dreams of becoming a
dashing archaeologist.
His dream soon becomes
a reality after he pairs
up with a plucky
young woman and fight
unscrupulous treasure-
hunters on the search
for Inca treasure.


Voice Cast (English)
Kerry Shale - Tad/Kopponen
Fiona Glascott - Sara Lavrof
Adam James - Max Mordon
Enriqueta Linares - Melinda
Lewis MacLeod - Freddy
Mac MacDonald - Professor
Lavrof/Humbert
Bruce Mackinnon - The Mummy
Liza Ross - Grandma
Maria Darling - Young Tad

Crew
Director - Enrique Gato
Based on Comic/
Screenplay - Javier Lopez
Barreia and Gorka Magallion
Screenplay - Ignacio del Moral
Screenplay/Producer - Jordi Gasull
Screenplay/Co-Executive
Producer - Neil Landau
Additional Dialogue - Diego San Jose
Additional Writing - Veronica Fernandez
Executive Producers - Gabriel Arias-Salgado, Julio Ariza, Victoria Borris and Javier Ugarte
Co-Executive Producer - Angel Blasco
Producers - Alvaro Augustin,
Ghislain Barrois, Nicolas Matji,
Ezequiel Nieto, Edmon Roch
and Cesar Vargas
Co-Producers - Flavio Balaguer,
Manuel Echanove and Werner Schuler Schutz
Art Director/Character Supervision/
Compositing Supervisor - Juan Jesus Garcia Galocha
Storyboard Supervisor/Animation Director -
Maximino Diaz Gerveno
Character Supervision/Cloth Supervisor/
Technical Animation - Ignacio Santalla
Animation Supervisor - Inigo Berasategui
Lighting Supervisor - Juan Ignacio Garrido
Layout Supervisor - Enrique Gato
Film Editor - Alexander Adams
Music - Zacarias M. de la Riva


Review
A certain foreign movie like this doesn't get the attention it deserves. This is probably why you won't have heard of 'TAD THE LOST EXPLORER'. It's neither a creative nor a visualised animated product; its only credit was to try and parody 'Indiana Jones' just for pre-teens and young adults. Complete with unfunny jokes and clichéd plot, the movie is completely ruined but I am interested in the action scenes. I did praise a few characters like the speech-impaired bird. This bird did sooth the pain of watching this movie a bit. Lacking more of what could have made 'TAD' so special is an interesting story and maybe a few more engaging characters. The absence of a well-known celebrity voice cast didn't help either.

Not the brightest bulb of CGI and certainly a subpar cake of an animated movie. Shame that Pixar or Dreamworks have never made a version of 'TAD THE LOST EXPLORER'. This film is really only for those who would eventually learn of what archaeology is all about and the brilliance of the 'Indiana Jones' trilogy.

Star rating: (4/10) Below Average