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River of Death (1989)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit off more than they can chew. What with a nazi doctor still doing his experiments on people in the same place.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, independent film, realistic
Plot:
jungle, treasure hunt, adventurer, amazon tribe, mad scientist, amazon river, nazi hunter, betrayal, investigation, chase, vengeance, daring rescue, heroic mission, heroes, escapades, rivalry, danger, human experiment, cannon, woman with a gun, amazon, infection, river, amazon rainforest, guide ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, 20th century, 60s, year 1945, year 1965, 1960s
Place:
south america, usa, brazil
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A ragtag group of adventurers, including a former Nazi, is led by a half-maddened grizzled treasure hunter who wants a second chance to find the mythical treasure of the Amazon, after his first mission went terrible wrong.
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Place:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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