Academy Awards, USA 1985
| Nominated Oscar | Best Film Editing Donn Cambern Frank Morriss |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(HDnet Movies)
Romance novelist Kathleen Turner goes to Colombia to exchange a treasure map as ransom for her kidnapped sister. She takes the wrong bus from the airport and ends up stranded in a mountainous jungle. Luckily for her American Michael Douglas is walking by and saves her from a man who tries to steal the map at gunpoint. She pays Douglas to take her to the nearest city, leading to a series of adventures while pursued by bad guys. Turner undergoes an unconvincing transformation from helpless female lost in South America to a confident lover able to overcome large men with guns. She is placed in sexually provocative poses at inappropriate times by the director, undermining that supposed transformation. In the most obvious example, the famous "mud slide" scene ends with Douglas' face planted between the legs of Turner. A rampant sexist undertone is pervasive and downright embarrassing. The stunts are derivative of all things Indiana Jones. Danny DeVito is wasted as a stereotyped hoodlum spouting vile one liners. There is a gory scene in which a mechanical alligator bites off a man's hand. Simply awful.
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