I have watched this movie many times based on a novel by Michael Crichton. This film can be described as slightly strange I am still some times left thinking what I liked about the film. It has a straight forward plot It is a story of an African mountain gorilla called Amy who's been taught sign language by a young scientist and is being returned to the jungles of the Congo during which that cross paths with a research team sent in to the jungle of Africa to find a rear diamond, as you can imagine there are lots of obstacles in the African jungle. There are all types of animals one type in particular, its some kind of super gorilla.
This film has a very fictional and adventurous feel to it some of the accents leave much to be desired, the usual over emphasis an American doing an English accent! This is a very light hearted watch-able film. I don't get the sense this film was made to be taken to seriously. It has a strange way of mixing this theme about the jungle a rare diamond and killer monkeys together to make a watch-able movie that does not take it self seriously.
An interesting part of the plot is about the gorilla named Amy that has been educated to communicate with humans using sign language the gorilla is equipped with a voice computer that verbalizes it's sign language using space aged computer technology.
Accents to watch out for are Tim Curry's Romanian accent, he also seems to have something to hide which becomes apparent as the story progresses. I have to say when ever watching this film I am always left thinking Tim's character is going to say 'im not really Romanian' his accent is that bad.
Joe Don Baker, is the head of the BIG TIME organisation that wants will do any thing to get its hands on this precious diamond so there are kinds of power struggles between the naturists and the capitalist as you can imagine! The capitalists want to go as far as taking over the whole rain forest. There is a lot of action in the movie by the time you get to the end the special effects are quite good. Who will come out on top the nature or greed.
I think the film is fairly well done it feels a bit far fetched at times, most notably the ridiculous accents on display and a weirdness about the films credibility some times I was left think do these actors really take them selves serious, the film doesn't really have the most well known actors. But the actors that we are treated with do a good enough job with the script they are given. I have not watched this film for a while maybe I will.
Watch for your self and see what you think!
Cast -
Dylan Walsh
Laura Linney
Ernie Hudson
Tim Curry
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Ooohh another fine review mr.neo tech hehe, love the style in which you aproach each review, those white monkeys scared the hell outta me as a kid shudder, fab review, well done(-:
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