A Disappointing Continuation

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a bitter-sweet tale (more bitter than sweet) of a man and a boy traveling to Farmington NM. When Louis' mom (Mylinda Royer) dies, His grandparents in Farmington NM, become the guardians. He is a three days bus ride from their rural home. Stranger John Wheeler (Josh Duhamel) offers to drive the teen (Josh Wiggins). John, who is an ex-con, owes money and goes on a crime spree, mostly across Texas, dragging the boy along the way making him become a reluctant participant. John knows Louis' grandmother and has non-revealing flashbacks to their home We can only guess.The film is a low action crime drama, mostly old school stuff. Not a bad film, but hardly memorable. Guide: F-Bomb. Implied sex. No nudity.

I, like most reviewers here, stumbled across this movie and didn't expect to get pulled in like I did. I've watched it 4 times now, and I've noticed some new detail that makes me like it even better each time through. The acting was so good that I forgot it was a movie, and as other reviewers have said here, both male leads show lots of potential for future success. Everyone else seems to have predicted the ending; guess I'm naive or slow, as the final scene when the boy is looking at the photos on the wall in his mother's childhood bedroom is when it all fell into place for me. No one else has mentioned the excellent acting by the grandmother, maybe because she has such a small role, but she was really perfect. Just the kind of grandma this kid needed at the end of a hard and dusty road. I hope to see more from these two "Joshes", as both were so well-cast in their roles that one must attribute such a good fit in part to talented acting. Even though we never really see the boy's deceased mother alive in the film, she plays a strong role, too, and her presence in photos, lying in her little casket in the church, and in the newspaper obituary "John" is holding near the film's beginning, add the right amount of believability, and made me care even more about her boy and his eventual safe passage to his grandparents' home.

OK so here goes,I'm normally not a big fan of these kind of movies but there was something about this film that made me keep on watching.The start is a bit slow but keep on watching it to get sucked in to this great little film. Yes I agree it is a bit predictable with the story line but if you can see past that you are onto a winner.Both Josh Duhamel and Josh Wiggins had a strong character play in this film and I'm looking forward of seeing more of these actors.so as a summary: slow to start and slightly predictable but once you get sucked in its a great film to watch on a quiet evening. 8/10

Lost in the Sun is about family, and the discovery that families differ from person to person. Not every family turns out to have strong bonds, and from time to time, we can downright despise them at times. Lost in the sun centers on a young boy who has lost those bonds and a trip that brings his life into focus.It's a fairly dramatic story. A young boy loses his mother, and has to travel across the country to live with his grandparents, whom he's never met before. Along comes drifter and lowlife John (Josh Duhmal), who offers to take this young man to his destination. Against his better judgment he hops into the car with this stranger, and begins a journey of self-discovery.I didn't think it was a copied story. There was a lot of interesting and heartfelt moments. The plot line delivers a lot of teary moments, and as you travel through the country with them, their bond becomes stronger, as does yours with the characters. It was an interesting story too, as each reveal brings you closer and closer to their destination, and it's inevitable end. The thing I did notice is how similar the story was to the movie "Road to Perdition." If you've seen that film, you'll know it's not EXACTLY the same story, but remarkably close in many points. The lost boy, the father figure, the journey they take together across the country. Many of the same elements and emotional moments were in both films.Overall, it's a decent movie. Better than I thought it would be and I found myself pretty drawn in to the story. It's sad, but in a good way.5/10