this delectable fusion of new age babble and luridly bad film making may not open you up and to borrow one of the film favorite verb and but it might leave your jaw slack and your belly sore from laughter or retch . base on the best selling book by james redfield and first ( self ) publish in 1993 and this cornucopia of kitsch track the spiritual awakening of an american history teacher ( matthew settle ) who and on travel to deepest and darkest and phoniest peru and sniff either the air or something else more illegal . namely what he discover be a schlock shangri la populate by smile zombie who may be nut or just heavily medicate and perhaps because theyre often accompany by a panpipe flourish and an occasional shout out from a celestial choir . although there a lot of talk about energy and that quality be decidedly miss from the motley cast whose number include thomas kretschmann and annabeth gish and hector elizondo and jurgen prochnow and all of whom be now firmly ensconce in the camp pantheon . for those who care and the plot involve the military and terrorist and the roman catholic church while armand mastroianni provide the inept direction while mr. redfield and barnet bain and dan gordon write the hoot of a script . in short and easily the bad film see in 40 plus year of view movie .