Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Cannibal Ferox'

Written by Scott Edwards

When looking for the truth, you must remember that you might find something that you did not expect.  It is important to keep an open mind when it comes to these things and listen to both sides of the story, because if you don’t, you might miss one of the biggest clues. Going to visit different people from different cultures can help to put your mind in the right place for doing the research and it is something that you must do to get the complete story. But when do not like the results of what you have found, will you allow yourself to tell the truth, or will you go back to what you previously believed?
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Wanting to put the rumors of cannibals in the rainforest to shame, Gloria, Rudy and Pat make their way to the Amazon. With recent reports of a tribe eating people, Gloria has a thesis that says otherwise and wants to prove it true. But being completely off of the grid, there are no roads to where the tribe is supposed to reside causing their jeep to become useless. Following the river further north, the group comes across one of the tribe members eating grubs and while they are not acknowledged by the feasting native, they are being watched by the younger tribesmen to see what they are going to do next.
 
Hearing a scream in the distance, the three arrive to see two tribesmen have been killed and are greeted by two men who are out of place. Mike and Joe have escaped the tribe and their cannibalistic ways, at least that is the story they are telling. With Joe not being able to walk on his own, Mike pleads with the group to help them out and tells them all the horrifying details when they get safely away from the village. Believing that the men have been through something traumatic, Rudy and Gloria agree that they should find their way back to safety and the groups split up to try and find the way out of the forest.

As Rudy and Joe head off in their own direction, they come across the village and Rudy sees that one of the accounts of what Mike had told them is true. With a half-eaten man being tied to a stake, the group comes back together and tries to come up with their next move. As Gloria is beside herself seeing that there is a man who has been eaten by other men in front of her, she is shocked to see that Mike is not who he says he is. Succumbing to blood poisoning, Joe admits that Mike’s story about what happened in the village is not true and gives his dying confession. Not knowing what they should do next, the group is shocked when the tribe’s hunters return from their fishing trip, and they plan on keeping everybody in one place as they prepare for a terrifying feast…

What started off as a light-hearted story really turned dark in this cannibal movie, which it should have. I was starting to think that this was going to be a movie that showed how great Cocaine was, that is until it showed the rage that it caused. While we quickly find out that Matt and Joe are running from a scam that they pulled in New York, we don’t know what they did to the tribe until later. The innocence of Gloria, Rudy and Pat was noted several times during their detention, but as the tribe sees it, all of the Americans are in it together and forced to face their punishment. This film features an anaconda, well wishes for their travels, a man with no morals, cocaine, a fight for survival, no retribution and evil being punished in the worst way. While it did take a while for the story to get going, the payoff was worth it to see what really causes this tribe to fulfill the rumors of eating people. Stay Scared.

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