In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.
Acting
Radcliffe's physical deterioration is genuinely hard to watch.
Cinematography
The jungle breathes — beautiful and actively murderous.
Practical Effects
Real leeches, real infections, real suffering. Method acting went too far.
Director
Greg McLean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Yossi Ghinsberg was found after three weeks; Radcliffe spent months losing weight and eating only one chicken breast daily.
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