Congo
Directed by:
Frank MarshallScreenplay:
John Patrick ShanleyCinematography:
Allen DaviauComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, Stuart Pankin, James Karen, John Hawkes, Bruce Campbell, Taylor Nichols (more)VOD (3)
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They've eluded heat-seeking missiles, gone eyeball-to-eyeball with enraged 5,000-pound hippos, hacked through a jungle curtain. Still, the expedition continues. Amy, a gorilla who was part of a university learning experiment, is at last returning home. A professor (Dylan Walsh), electronics expert (Laura Linney), guide (Ernie Hudson), explorer (Tim Curry) and others follow the scampering ape. They know she will lead them to the place that's more than her home - it's the site of the fabled Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines. But what they don't know can be fatal. Once they enter Zinj, they'll be the endangered species! (official distributor synopsis)
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A stupid movie that is probably a parody of its source material. It's not adventurous or entertaining enough, let alone thrilling. A slow-moving bore with solid production design, good music and decent visual effects.
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As a B-movie, it is good, but as an adaptation of Crichton's book Congo failed. That said, you can't deny the skillfully shot scenes, the beautiful Goldsmith score (shame about that) and the mechanical monkeys that look alive.
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