Here we get to watch a couple of foul-mouthed Mafia hoods go around beating up and shooting people for no apparent reason former porn actor Robert Kerman (EATEN ALIVE) investigates and discovers that Mike has gone into the Amazon, and that's it sub-plot over. Mixed in with the expected jungle action is an unexpected - and, in addition, totally unnecessary subplot involving a police investigation in New York into the disappearance of Mike Logan. Unfortunately what is dwelt upon are many deeply unpleasant scenes of animal cruelty despite being a usual addition to the Italian cannibal cycle, I always find these unwatchable and deeply despicable. Although it's a generally unpleasant film, it's not as gruesome as you might expect and the gore scenes are not dwelt upon. On closer examination it soon transpires that most of the gruelling gore scenes are actually restaged from the earlier Italian cycle of cannibal movies, here given more realism thanks to the sterling special effects work of Gino de Rossi. Umberto Lenzi's jungle shocker is one of the most notorious movies in existence, so it goes without saying that this is a film suited best for those with strong stomachs.
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10 Well, it's undeniably horrific.
However I was bored for much of the film. I will grant you it does have gore we don't normally see such as a metal hook (where did those primitives get those?) piercing a breast and a human's brain getting eaten etc. This is not the most horrific or goriest film out there. What we do see is actual animals being killed, which is not that exciting to someone who grew up watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, but maybe for the younger crowd. The film is hailed for the graphic scenes, which in my version really didn't happen until about an hour and twenty minutes into the film. They get caught and eaten by cannibals, sorry for the cover art spoiler. The plot is basically unimportant as a group goes into the Amazon for different reasons, emeralds and a doctorate thesis. This was a "me too" film based upon the success of "Cannibal Holocaust"-1980.
Reviewed by nogodnomasters 1 / 10 It was a bad bad scene
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