Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
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Zemeckis-fest While definitely an enjoyable time, it’s not quite as strong or unique to me as either of Zemeckis’ previous films. This is an Indy rip-off, make no mistake, but still fun and very 80s. It just comes off a little too generic. There’s not really a reason to watch this over a similar film, even other adventure films or Indy-likes. I like the set-up of an adventure romance writer who gets swept up in an adventure of her own; it’s just a shame that her own adventure isn’t very interesting. Maybe on a different watch at a different time, this will play better for me, but I just wasn’t in love with it. Well made, and I like parts of it, but the whole thing fell that much short.