A group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a ....A group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a ....A group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a ....
Tony Benge Johnson
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- TriviaThe Nyami Nyami, otherwise known as the Zambezi River God or Zambezi Snake spirit, is one of the most important gods of the Tonga people. Nyami Nyami is believed to protect the Tonga people and give them sustenance in difficult times. The River God is usually portrayed as male. This myth sets the scene for the beginning of the movie, and is still a popular myth in Zimbabwe - with a statue of Nyami Nyami overlooking the wall at Kariba Dam.
- Alternate versionsUK versions are cut by 26 seconds for an '18' rating.
- ConnectionsReferences Perry Mason (1957)
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Damn!
This movie was better than I thought it'd be, as judging by it's cover, and B grade status. We have a sort of Deliverance and River Wild geld together. Instead of going for the gore, this goes for suspense, but some idiotic choices and moments sort of kill it, in part. Hunky Shellen indeed plays a good Mitch Hedlberg looking psycho, who hottie Aliff can't keep her eyes off, until he goes nutty and the attraction quickly sours. Shellen plays a rafting tour guide, who has may'be led one too many tours, throwing his anger on competing African tour parties, who are actually the law. They know who this guy is, and set wary eyes on him. There are great shots of white water rafting, a little occasional violence, including a beheading, and like his new rivals, we too so much want him to die. This film showed promise, and sexy Aliff is really good to look at, but DR is a B grade Deliverance, that really doesn't have enough plotting, and gives way to the obvious. There were some real stupid moments in this film, but there was some real suspenseful ones. Terlesky's demise was affectingly sad. The film just didn't have enough ingredient, but a truly memorably haunting closing credit, music score.
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