Amazonas – Gefangen in der Hölle des Dschungels (1985)

Amazonas – Gefangen in der Hölle des Dschungels: Directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. With Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho, Milton Rodríguez, Marta Anderson. A small plane carrying fossil hunters crashes in the Amazon jungle, and the survivors must battle their way through cannibals, wild animals, and slave traders.

“The story of u0026quot;Massacre in Dinosaur Valleyu0026quot; (a.k.a. u0026quot;Nudo e Selvaggiou0026quot;) is clichéd to the very last speck of celluloid. We have the not-so-invincible hero, the tropical version of Professor Challenger and his gorgeous daughter, the neurotic u0026#39;Nam vet and, to add gratuitous Tu0026amp;A, a photographer and two models. They go dig dinosaur bones on a forbidden area of Amazonas, but the plane crashes (itu0026#39;s one of them Star Trek-like crashes), leaving u0026#39;em stranded in the heart of the jungle. On the way to get back to civilization, they stumble on hungry alligators, piranhas, quicksand and a tribe of meat-eating Indians. But the real threat is an illegal mine where the sadistic China abuses his slave laborers. Everythingu0026#39;s derivative, but at least itu0026#39;s well directed and full of gore and nudity. Sharp ears will recognize the score. Itu0026#39;s the same one composed by Andrew Barrymore for Lamberto Bavau0026#39;s u0026quot;Blastfighteru0026quot; (also starring Sopkiw, also co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, whou0026#39;s not credited in u0026quot;Massacreu0026quot;).”