The Legend of Cocaine Island

The Legend of Cocaine Island

Directed by Theo Love

Produced by Sidestilt Films

201883 min6.2 / 10

A darkly comedic true-crime documentary about an ordinary man's desperate, absurd quest to recover buried cocaine, blending humor with the real consequences of financial desperation and criminal folly.

Rodney is an American dreamer. His glass is not only half full, but it's half full of the finest wine you've ever tasted. But when the great recession wipes out his construction business in Central Florida, his family faces a nightmare of debt. One evening around a campfire, Rodney hears a story from an old, bare-footed hippy that just might solve his family's problems. There's an island. There's a map. And there's buried treasure...$2 million dollars just waiting for someone to dig it up. Rodney is hooked. But there's just one slight, itty-bitty problem...he doesn't have a shovel. Oh, and the $2 million dollars just happens to be in cocaine form.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Legend of Cocaine Island scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is The Legend of Cocaine Island sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Does The Legend of Cocaine Island end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Legend of Cocaine Island violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Legend of Cocaine Island easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

45/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity75

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise35

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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