Our story begins with the discovery of a dead Indian down around the Amazon somewhere. After analysis, it turns out that he was 300 years old at the time of his death, so a small team is dispatched to discover the secret of his long life. We get the utterly generic guide, the utterly generic female character, and the utterly generic corporate type. And no, I'm not using the word "utterly" without good cause; these people are as one-dimensional as it gets. There are a few other folks around at the beginning, I think a couple of them were named Kibbles and Bits, but my memory is a tad foggy.
Okay, so they go out for a nice walk in the jungle, and a few folks wander away from the group and get eaten by a giant snake. If you've ever seen a Sci-Fi original movie before, you know exactly what the snake looks like. The rest of the people run, then once they think they're safe they walk. Repeat several times. It's not a good sign when the best thing about a movie is the totally cheesy special effects.
Eventually they meet some Indians who know the secret of long life, but guess what? They ain't tellin'. So there's some inane dialog and a bit of running around, yadda yadda yadda guy kisses girl.
If I ask one thing from a movie like this, it's that they give us a hot sweaty babe in a tight T-shirt. They are in the Amazon, right? But this Amazon is oddly cool, perhaps in the mid 50's judging by the jacket the babe wears through half the movie. Having missed that opportunity, there's not much left. I mean, it's not like we care if these people live or die. It's not like the plot is interesting or even makes sense. It's not like, well, good or anything. The photography is nice, there are plenty of beautiful shots of the sun setting over the jungle and stuff like that. So there, I said something nice. I hope the cinematographer finds work on better movies than this in the future.
Okay, so they go out for a nice walk in the jungle, and a few folks wander away from the group and get eaten by a giant snake. If you've ever seen a Sci-Fi original movie before, you know exactly what the snake looks like. The rest of the people run, then once they think they're safe they walk. Repeat several times. It's not a good sign when the best thing about a movie is the totally cheesy special effects.
Eventually they meet some Indians who know the secret of long life, but guess what? They ain't tellin'. So there's some inane dialog and a bit of running around, yadda yadda yadda guy kisses girl.
If I ask one thing from a movie like this, it's that they give us a hot sweaty babe in a tight T-shirt. They are in the Amazon, right? But this Amazon is oddly cool, perhaps in the mid 50's judging by the jacket the babe wears through half the movie. Having missed that opportunity, there's not much left. I mean, it's not like we care if these people live or die. It's not like the plot is interesting or even makes sense. It's not like, well, good or anything. The photography is nice, there are plenty of beautiful shots of the sun setting over the jungle and stuff like that. So there, I said something nice. I hope the cinematographer finds work on better movies than this in the future.