Two young couples holidaying in Papua New Guinea, come up with a plan to find missing heir Michael Rockerfeller, the son of the US vice president who mysteriously went missing there in 1960. Rockerfeller is naturally presumed dead, perhaps eaten by cannibals, but the foursome argue that finding him would be worth at least a million dollars to the press or his family, if they found him alive. A sighting by local pilot of a white man in his 70's deep in the jungle, convinces them their plan has some foundation. They hire a minibus and head off deep into the jungle, where they are shot at by would be hijackers and have their lives threatened by some unscrupulous border guards. Finally in the mountainous region they want to be, they continue despite a serious falling out between the two couples, one couple is serious about their investigation the other is there for some fun, fun that sees them defile a native burial ground by stealing a skull from it. Will the natives understand? Very cheaply made, this is a throw back to the cannibal films of the 70's and 80's, Hensleigh seems like an enthusiastic filmmaker and does a decent job in mimicking films like Cannibal Holocaust. I say mimicking, but what I really mean is plagiarism of Deodato's classic. There are some scenes that as soon as you see them you will recognize their influence straight away, right down to the iconic girl on a atake scene. Still though the gore when it does come isn't half bad, but it does take an age to get there and considering this is a very short film, that doesn't leave a whole lot of time for the cannibals. The acting isn't too bad either considering they're mostly amateurs. The film on the whole is beautifully filmed in stunning locations and is also devoid of animal killings which will please the pc brigade, I didn't miss them funnily enough, I just wish there was more cannibal time. All in all not a bad effort for a modern attempt at a bygone sub genre.
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