John Payne and The Fountain of Youth

John Payne and The Fountain of Youth is a 1998 American independent Adventure Action and Fantasy film written and directed by Sam Raimi starring Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney, Alice Braga, Bruce Willis, John Hurt, Rhis Ifans, Javier Bardem, Rodrigo Santoro and Reggie Lee.

The film was teatrically released in June 25th, 1998 in selected audiences at Los Angeles film festival to phenomenal praise and reception.

The film worked as an box office sucess, despite being an action film, for its thrilling story and revolution for the genre, adquiring an immense cult following.

The character of Mark Wahlber, John Payne, received praise and was well received.

Plot
John Payne (Mark Wahlberg) an not-so-famous treasure hunter, along with his stepfather, Albert Payne (George Clooney), are searching from an legendary treasure in South-America, in deep jungles of the Amazon Rain Forest.

The two are along with an guide, Carlos Gomes (Benicio del Toro), guiding them through the jungle. As they get closer to ancient caves, they spot what looks like pre-historical paintings

Cast

 * Mark Wahlberg as John Payne
 * George Clooney as Albert Payne
 * Alice Braga as Maria Bastos
 * Alfred Molina as Irving Reymond
 * Javier Bardem as Roberto Bolanos
 * Bruce Willis as Neville White
 * Rhis Ifans as Kearney Dinnean
 * Rodrigo Santoro as Ricardo Guerra
 * Reggie Lee as Hideki Tuo
 * Benicio Del Toro as Carlos Gomes
 * Caio Manhete as Pedro