Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Eli Roth's homage to Italian cannibal films of the 1970s-80s delivers on its genre promises with solid jungle cinematography and a genuine commitment to gory practical effects, but the characters are thinly drawn and the acting is largely serviceable at best. The plot is functional but shallow, leaning heavily on shock value over narrative substance. Its novelty comes from being a rare modern entry in the near-extinct cannibal subgenre and its satirical jab at slacktivism, though it doesn't transcend its exploitation roots. The ending feels abrupt and unsatisfying, undercutting whatever thematic ambitions the film gestured toward.