Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton and Richard Burgi.
Director: Eli Roth
Release Date: 2013
Running Time: 1hr 40 minutes
Genre: Horror
Rating: 15
Format: Amazon Prime UK
Synopsis:
A group of student protesters, travel to the Amazon rain forest to save it, and soon discover that they are not alone!
Justine and her friend Kara get coaxed into joining an activist group, who plan to travel to the Amazon Rainforest to record themselves chained to tree's and bulldozers to make a strong point about destroying the Rainforest, however before long the group find themselves in more trouble beyond what they could ever imagine. Director Eli Roth, is very well known for his horror movies, "Hostel" and "Clown" being favourite among very many horror fans. I am thoroughly impressed that Director Eli Roth also wrote the screenplay. It's very rare these days that you find a horror movie that truly has you on the edge of your seat. This most certainly does. What defines a great horror movie? Gore? A story so terrifying that you can't sleep at night? Eli Roth manages to balance out both perfectly. Starring Lorenza Izzo as Justine, a freshman who wants to help Woman's rights, the activist group don't take to her kindly, believing she wants to help for all the wrong reasons. Izzo's performance isn't oscar winning however she takes to her role very nicely, her character has a fair few twists.
Unfortunalty the same could not be said about Daryl Sabara who plays Lars, most will probably recognize Sabara from "Spy Kids", although he hasn't changed much, his acting has gone drastically down hill. I find it very hard to believe what his character says and for the most part, his acting comes across as very cheesy and unprofessional. What's most impressive is Eli Roth had a real Peruvian tribe star in the film. You don't get much more genuine then that. Their performances are remarkable considering they had never seen a movie nor had they ever been photographed in real life. Despite the other actors giving pretty poor performances, the locals were most certainly the stars of the show! I love the authenticity and I really love the great effort that Eli Roth went to in order to receive it. Although the storyline is fantastic, it's also a little bit predictable in places, but not enough to have you knowing exactly what is coming next.
Filmed in the Peruvian Rainforest, the set naturally looks very real and genuine. It's very simple but it works brilliantly with the storyline. You don't always need flashy set designs to make a film look excellent. The cinematography is okay, however I don't really like the use of shaky cam in a few scenes, it takes away the authenticity a little bit. It almost ruins the scenes. Not for the faint hearted, this is extremely gory and for some viewers might be terrifying. Chances are if you can tolerate "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" you will be able to tolerate this. Die Hard horror fans are going to love it! The Special effects are extremely impressive and some of the best I have seen in a very long time! It's no surprise that Stephen King enjoyed it! Eli Roth makes sure his audience only see little segments at a time, what will happen next? Will anything happen next? Real on the edge of your seat stuff! Full of twists and surprises. The score is simple, but it's enough to invoke fear on you. Gory. Absolutely terrifying!
4/5 stars
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