That sorry statement is just about the only lame thing about The Road to El Dorado.

Tzekel-Kan, and expert in false gods, attends to their undoing - setting forces in motion that lead to his own. But you knew that would happen, right? The relationship between Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline was nicely appointed. Makes you think they were in the room together when they acted this, but as we all know from Toy Story and the long-distance in time and space relationship between Tim Allen and Tom Hanks, it ain't necessarily so. Expression, interplay, tension - all of these were handled very well. And that is what makes a difference for the grown-ups who will have to sit through this now and until the end of time as we know it.      El Dorado does not have any bloodshed in it at all, which is fine, but there is danger in a strange land. Maybe a little intense, but nothing really objectionable to kiddies who have some PARENTAL GUIDANCE, hint hint. Overall, surprisingly un-PC. I was all set to experience a complete trashing of Cortez and the Spanish conquerors, not that they don't need it, and they were depicted as being very not-very-nice, but their total on-screen time was about 35 seconds. Not a lot of conflict there. And determined menace does not always equate to evil.      They did not delve into the horrors of the conquests, the genocides and all that other stuff, nor did they belabor the fact that the Spaniards did their share of it, too, besides the natives. Have they abandoned, at least temporarily, the grand PC soapbox that has so vexed the entertainment end of films like Pocahontas, et al?       As long as Elton John is singing and the characters are dancin' it really doesn't make any difference.

We don't got to these movies for history lessons, do we? No. We go to the Internet. Here is link to a set of links to mysteries of ancient lands. Look at the "Tests of the Lords of Death" in particular. Same site, parent page.