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Im Dschungel ist der Teufel los

Crazy Jungle Adventure

West Germany 1982
produced by
Karl Spiehs, Wolf C. Hartwig for Lisa Film, Rapid Film, NDR
directed by Harald Reinl
starring James Mitchum, René Strickler, Thommy Ohrner, Jenny Jürgens, Charles Comyn, Alexander Grill, Klaus Havenstein, Baldwyn Dakile, Zoli Marki, Laura Lae, Janette Nordh, Werner Pochath, Otto W. Retzer
written by Manfred Purzer, music by Syd Dale, Gerhard Heinz, Bernie Paul, title song sung by Thommy Ohrner

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Pilot and drop-out Butch Donovan (James Mitchum) is forced by gangster Camora (Charles Comyn) to fly a group of tourists to some African holiday resort.

But why you may ask?

Because the gangster has no intentions to let the plane reach its destination but wants to have it crashed to collect the insureance money - and he sees to it that it crashes alright. Thing is, Butch manages to make an emergency landing on some uncharted island that seems to have been inhabited by humans not long ago (there are still some houses to back that up) and that comes equipped with its own jungle girl. Plus, the wild beasts on this island are all incredibly tame - and incredibly diverse, there are not only the customary lions, elephants and apes, but also tigers, a seal (?), an ostrich, a crocodile and a camel, among others.

After a few jungle shenanigans, Camora and his gang learn that Butch and his tourists are still alive and go to the island themselves to snuff them out - but with the help of the (incredibly tame) jungle beasts, Butch and the tourists manage to defeat the gangsters and bring them to justice.

In the end, when everybody leaves, Butch decides to stay behind on the island with the jungle girl.

Alexander Grill provides the incredibly bad comic relief while Jenny Jürgens and then popular German teen idol Thommy Ohrner (who also provided the horrible title song), star in a romantic subplot that has little to do with the rest of the film.

 

Childish jungle adventure with frighteningly unfunny attempts at comedy - while some of the more serious aspects of the film are actually (and unintentionally) hilarious, like the totally non-sensical mix of jungle beasts, the jungle girl's campy outfit or Thommy Ohrner's attempts at acting. Add to this the dramatically challenged James Mitchum (one of robert's less talented sons) giving his hero all the charm of an old drunk and you've got - oh, I don't even know what you've got, figure it out yoursself ... but watch the film at your own risk.

One thing this film definitely is though, a sad swansong to the career of Harald Reinl, one of Germany's most competent directors, whose last feature this was.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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