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Amazon Queen
Queen of the Amazon
USA 2021
produced by Nick Dreselly Thomas, Marlin Darrah, Carson Grant, Robert Nadell (executive), Michael McConnell (executive), Mona Pittenger (executive) for Amazon Movie, LLC
directed by Marlin Darrah
starring Carly Diamond Stone, Carson Grant, Nick Dreselly Thomas, Massi Furlan, Alfonso DiLuca, Vicky Dawson, Clayton Meek, Cristina Encarnacion, Chris Boylston, Alexandre Tenorio Marques, Rodrigo Fernandez, Rodolfo Rafael Silva Cavallaro, DuPaw Tuyuka, Mark Baker, Marlin Darrah, Michael McConnell
written by Marlin Darrah, Rick Cullis, Richard Lasser, music by Marcello De Francisci, Brandon Maahs
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Together with her ex Flynn (Nick Dreselly Thomas), Jackie (Carly
Diamond Stone) runs a riverboat for tourist cruises on the Amazon, and at
first the current cruise seems like one like any other, with a mix of
passengers including Romero (Alfonso DiLuca), a journalist interested in
rain forest preservation, Maggie (Vicky Dawson) and Leilah (Cristina
Encarnacion), mother and daughter on a reconciliation trip, young and
handsome Silva (Clayton Meek), who soon gets friendly with Leilah, and his
friend Machado (Massi Furlan), the asshole of the bunch. Problems start to
arise when along the way, the engine breaks down, and to afford repairs,
Jackie has to accept another passenger - her own dad Francisco (Carson
Grant), who she has sworn to never talk to again. But things really get
bad when Silva and Machado show their true colours. You see, they have
actually stolen a shitload of money from some big company, then lost the
loot which which eventually found itself on a plane that went down in the
region here, and now they want the money back. When Romero recognizes
Machado, Machado brutally kills him, and then he and Silva take all the
crew and passengers hostage. And Machado is quick with his gun, too ... A
very beautifully filmed movie, that admittedly in the first half feels a
little bit like Love Boat, as the building up of tension is
a little on the slow side, but that's really made up for by some truly
beautiful photography, and the film showing it's got its heart in the
right place. But once the thriller part of the movie sets properly in, the
film shows its class, and also weaves the Amazonian backdrop into the plot
very well, to make this one exciting ride.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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