Oil prospectors land a plane in South America to find the team who are supposed to meet them have been killed. One of them is captured by a native tribe and escapes with a woman.
I can see the roots of Cannibal Holocaust forming in this film. The hour and 26 minutes went by quickly with lots of action and quick editing pace. There were some areas of the plot that were vague or important information in "blink and you miss it" sections. The B-roll also got out of control a few times. The characters were not deeply developed and did not have extensive back-stories, but that is not what this film was made for. The sparse dialogue seemed fine to me and the acting was done well. I think that the acting of fear and pain came through realistically. The sets or location looked like a real jungle with caves to my eyes and there was a definite lack of costumes. Most folks were naked. Visually, the film resides between Cannibal Ferox and Cannibal Holocaust. Ferox was lo-fi and Holocaust was HD, with this somewhere in the middle. What some may see as special effects in this turned out to be real. Yes, those are actual animals being mutilated. The audio was all extremely loud. Animal sounds and pre-Cannibal Holocaust Umbaldo Continello (not Riz Ortolani) music will let you know for sure what Ruggero made 3 years later. Stylistically, I would lump this in with Cannibal Holocaust and Cannibal Ferox in the "good cannibal films" group just for shock value alone. IMDB has this rated at 6.2/10, AllMovie has 1/5 AllMovie rating with 3.5/5 user ratings and Rotten Tomatoes has a 52% audience score for a 51% average. Apparently, not everyone sees the merit of shock value. I rate this good because I do see that merit.
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