Mondo Cannibal (2004)
1/2 (out of 4)
A once famous reporter (Helena Wagner) finds herself fired from her show because of sinking ratings so she decides to hire former hotshot host (Claudio Morales) to go into the Amazon with her to search for cannibals. The plan is to send the footage back to the studio as they shoot and when it becomes a hit and ratings go up, they decide to add more blood and guts.
MONDO CANNIBAL was one of two cannibal films that director Bruno Mattei made during this comeback before his death in 2007. This film has been released under countless titles including CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 but it's certainly not a sequel. If you're familiar with Mattei then you know there really wasn't an original bone in his body because he often just ripped off other movies scene for scene or in some cases he just takes actual footage from other movies and tries to pass it off as his own. This here is pretty much a remake of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST but it's certainly one of the worst the genre has ever seen.
This here was an ultra low-budget movie but that doesn't excuse how awful it actually is. Even at just 95-minutes the film seems to last longer than ROOTS because there's just so much dead weight. The story itself is quite stupid and whatever political message Mattei tries to get across is just pointless. The biggest problem is that the film is dead boring from the opening credits until the very end. I'm really not sure what Mattei was going for but to say this film is completely worthless couldn't be too harsh. The acting is pretty poor, although it's hard to tell too much about it considering how awful the dubbing is. Even worse are some mistakes by the filmmakers including a title card early on that's meant to say "months" but instead says "mouths."
The only thing that keeps MONDO CANNIBAL from getting a BOMB rating is the fact that it's quite gory and features practical effects and not CGI. I will applaud Mattei for adding this but it's too bad he didn't live long enough to do a commentary or give an interview about the film. I'd love to know what he was thinking while making this thing and even after all the controversy from those Italian cannibal pictures that feature real animal
1/2 (out of 4)
A once famous reporter (Helena Wagner) finds herself fired from her show because of sinking ratings so she decides to hire former hotshot host (Claudio Morales) to go into the Amazon with her to search for cannibals. The plan is to send the footage back to the studio as they shoot and when it becomes a hit and ratings go up, they decide to add more blood and guts.
MONDO CANNIBAL was one of two cannibal films that director Bruno Mattei made during this comeback before his death in 2007. This film has been released under countless titles including CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 but it's certainly not a sequel. If you're familiar with Mattei then you know there really wasn't an original bone in his body because he often just ripped off other movies scene for scene or in some cases he just takes actual footage from other movies and tries to pass it off as his own. This here is pretty much a remake of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST but it's certainly one of the worst the genre has ever seen.
This here was an ultra low-budget movie but that doesn't excuse how awful it actually is. Even at just 95-minutes the film seems to last longer than ROOTS because there's just so much dead weight. The story itself is quite stupid and whatever political message Mattei tries to get across is just pointless. The biggest problem is that the film is dead boring from the opening credits until the very end. I'm really not sure what Mattei was going for but to say this film is completely worthless couldn't be too harsh. The acting is pretty poor, although it's hard to tell too much about it considering how awful the dubbing is. Even worse are some mistakes by the filmmakers including a title card early on that's meant to say "months" but instead says "mouths."
The only thing that keeps MONDO CANNIBAL from getting a BOMB rating is the fact that it's quite gory and features practical effects and not CGI. I will applaud Mattei for adding this but it's too bad he didn't live long enough to do a commentary or give an interview about the film. I'd love to know what he was thinking while making this thing and even after all the controversy from those Italian cannibal pictures that feature real animal