Dark Amazon (2014) User Reviews

Jungle is massive.

[parry_na · 3/10 · 28 August 2020]

Astonishingly dull Blair Witchery taking place in the Amazon jungle. Characters with limited personalities are frightened by unsubtle animal noises. If the barks and warbles sounded as if it was deep in the jungle, or far in the distance, that would be more effective, but the snarls sound as if they have been recorded close to the camera in post-production. This is impossible, however, because we are told that the footage we are watching is actually real, even down to the ambient incidental score present during the rare moments of tension.

"I need to go pee."

"Why are you filming this?" "It's in my blood."

"OMG, OMG,OMG, OMG, OMG."

I couldn't get worked up about this at all. My score is 3 out of 10, with an extra point for a fairly satisfying revelation toward the end.

More like a cure for insomnia

[Stevieboy666 · 3/10 · 8 December 2017]

A group of scientific researchers head into the Amazon rain forest in the search for a cure for cancer & film their every move (unoriginal!). This is more Blair Witch than Cannibal Holocaust, so those wanting gore move along. To be fair good use is made of the real Amazonian locations. Sadly that's the only good thing. Acting is mediocre. The twist at the end is reasonable, must admit I didn't see it coming. However, what lets this film down so bad is that it is incredibly boring! Nothing horrific happens until about an hour in & when it does it really is tame. It may only be approx. 80 minutes long but it really does drag. Just like zombies & slashers the market is over saturated with poor found footage movies - and this is one.

Another Blair Witch roll-out

[Leofwine_draca · 4/10 · 29 August 2018]

DARK AMAZON is yet another BLAIR WITCH rip-off, albeit one made with a south-of-the-border setting. The back story is mildly interesting, incorporating the search for a cure for cancer, but the execution is strictly pedestrian. Once again a group of non-interesting characters and their guides head off for an expedition into unexplored territory, only to find themselves menaced by some snarling, unseen creature in the dark. It's a familiar play-out with the expected shaking camerawork and scares, and one that barely raises an eyebrow, let alone the pulse.

It's the canoe's guy foot

[nogodnomasters · 4/10 · 8 October 2017]

The production starts off with the end found footage of a green ground cam and then works it way up to it. A group of people are follow migrating frogs in the Amazon Rainforest because they have evidence it produces an enzyme that can cure cancer. They listen to local folklore about the devil spirit Anhanga who protects locals from foreigners. One by one...

The creature...did we see a hand?...makes Predator noises. We are subject to the green cam, ground cam, Mina screaming in the dark cam, foot cam, jerk cam, and "what is that?" cam.

It was shot on location using real Brazilian customs, drink etc. The natives wore black Hanes under their loin cloths. The film gave us a false conspiracy message as the only new thing they added to found footage. Watch the Sean Connery version instead.

Guide: F-word. No sex. National Geographic style nudity.

It's Alright

[hellsing218 · 6/10 · 21 December 2023]

Yeah, this film certainly doesn't try and reinvent the wheel, but it's far from the worst found footage movie out there. The cinematography is decent and looks like a movie instead of "shot-on-$hi!eo" like so many other films looking to make a quick buck. There's gore but nothing approaching most Amazonian-Cannibal films like Green Inferno.

Yeah, there's certainly a lack of creativity for the monster since they use the sound the predator makes to indicate he's there and what we see of the design is at the very least better than SyFy channel movie CGI. The narrative kind of falls apart at the end with a stupid reveal that could've been left out without impacting the movie's plot.

My biggest complaint is the almost "conspiracy "-esque message thrown in the end about cancer and big pharna which I found to be in poor taste.

Bottom line, it's worth a watch if you're bored but you likely won't watch it again.