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The Vivero Letter is a 1998 adventure film directed by H. Gordon Boos, starring Robert Patrick, Fred Ward, and Chiara Caselli. [1] It is based on Desmond Bagley's 1968 novel The Vivero Letter. [2]
James Wheeler (Patrick) travels to Central America after his brother's call, but finds his brother murdered and learns of a map to a lost Mayan city. [3] The man teams up with a search expedition and goes off to hunt for these ancient ruins. Unfortunately, almost every member of the group has plans to double-cross the others. All is resolved in bloody fashion in the middle of the jungle wilderness.
The film was shot in Costa Rica. [4]
Originally released under the title The Vivero Letter, the film was also released as Forgotten City in some markets. [5]