Name: El escarabajo de oro
Genre: Adventure
Released: 1999-07-30
Rating: 3.3
Cast: Andrés Alexis, Juan Carlos Gabarda, Alicia Ramírez

Extremely low budget adventure movie and very freely based on a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe

After death his father by committing suicide , young William Legrand : Andrés Alexis is in bankruptcy and along with his faithful friend Jupiter : Juan Carlos Lee set out in seeking of fortune . Accompanied by an adventurer : Juan they discover the island of Sullivan a Golden Beetle in skull shape and along with a strange message written by means of invisible ink. It leads to a valuable treasure that belongs to Captain Kidd. And, finally , they allegedly meet the sinister Captain Kidd .

Below average and boring rendition freely based on a short novel by Edgar Allan Poe. It contains adventures and brief intrigue with no much sense . It turns out to be an inferior movie without interest and minimum budget . Stars an unknown cast with exception for the illustrous secondaries Antonio Mayans and Frank Braña in brief special appearances , both of whom played lots of pictures of all kinds of genres during the Sixties , Seventies and Eighties . This adventure movie was written and produced by the expert craftsman Juan Piquer , this one resulted one of his last and worst works , made in similar style to Manoa and Devil's Island . However , he previously made successful films as The Rift , Slugs , The New Extraterrestrials , Supersonic Man, The fabulous journey to the Centre of the Earth and especially his big hit : Pieces . This Golden Beetle 1999 was lousily directed by Vicente J. Martin , packing several flaws , gaps and failures . Nevertheless , a bit later , he directed a decent Slasher titled Tuno Negro.

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The adventure genre features exciting journeys, quests, or expeditions undertaken by characters who often face challenges, obstacles, and risks in pursuit of a goal. Adventures can take place in a wide range of settings, from exotic and fantastical locations to historical or even everyday environments.

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