A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.
Direction
Deodato's unhinged genre mashup of action, horror and social commentary.
Practical Effects
Gritty Philippine jungle locations with real indigenous extras.
Acting
Richard Lynch's terrifying Colonel Horne steals every scene.
Director
Ruggero Deodato
Lisa Blount
Fran Hudson
Leonard Mann
Mark Ludman
Richard Lynch
Colonel Brian Horne
Willie Aames
Tommy Allo
Richard Bright
Bob Allo
Michael Berryman
Quecho
Eriq La Salle
Fargas
Gabriele Tinti
Manuel
Valentina Forte
Ana
John Steiner
Vlado
Karen Black
Karin
Barbara Magnolfi
Rita
Luca Barbareschi
Bud
Penny Brown
Lucy
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
Vlado's Man
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deodato shot this back-to-back with his equally unhinged The Atlantis Interceptors in the Philippines using shared jungle locations.
The film's Jonestown connection was shockingly timely—released just six years after the 1978 massacre, with several characters based on real Peoples Temple survivors.
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