Fire on the Amazon (1993)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Luis Llosa

Writers:

Luana Anders (writer)
Catherine Cyran (writer)

Release Date:

2000 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Fight fire with fire

Plot:

In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers...

Plot Keywords:

Rain Forest | Bolivia | Amazon | Sex | Fire

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	R.J.
Sandra Bullock	...	Alyssa Rothman
Juan Fernández	...	Ataninde
Judith Chapman	...	Sandra
Ramsay Ross	...	Pistoleiro
David Elkin	...	Lucavida
Jorge García Bustamante	...	Valdez
Baldomero Cáceres	...	Pedro
Carlos Victoria	...	Miguel
Reynaldo Arenas	...	Djamori
Ramón García	...	Chato
Eduardo Cesti	...	Rafael Santos
Natalia Torres	...	Nacia Santos
Graciela Cahuas	...	Santos' Daughter
David Killerby	...	Father Benacio

Also Known As:

Lost Paradise

Runtime:

87 min | Argentina:102 min | Germany:78 min | USA:78 min (R-rated version) | UK:87 min (video)

Country:

USA | Peru

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Germany:12 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Brazil

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Trivia:

Sandra Bullock placed duct tape on her breasts during the filming of the love scene so that she could know for sure nothing would be visible that she didn't want seen. She also made the production company sign a contract stating which parts of her were not to be shown.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (#1.5)" (1999)

Is it really worth a rental?

Environmentalist Sandra Bullock, who couldn't have been much more than 28 or 29 when she did this flick, gets mixed up with idiot photo man Craig Sheffer and they get into all sorts of trouble down in the Amazon.

Barely released in theaters, mostly released on video and I think I saw it on DVD somewhere...

A long, dull, bad movie made before Sandra hit it big in "Speed". Memorable mostly for featuring what may very well be Sandra Bullock's only cinematic sex scene. Even though Sandra's 5'7" body is completely unclothed you don't actually see anything, as others have pointed out, not that her body is unpleasant to look at even if you don't see her naughty bits.

If you really want to see Sandra Bullock naked, rent this film and fast forward till you get the aforementioned love scene and then hit eject.