Director : Ruggero Deodato
Cast : Robert Kerman, Carl Yorke, Francesca Ciardi

There are gory movies, there are exploitation movies, there are violent movies and there is 'Cannibal Holocaust'. This movie may be the goriest exploitation movie of it's kind till date. Banned in many countries, this movie is surely not for the weak of heart. The plot revolves around 4 documentary film makers who travel to South America to study about the local Cannibal tribes there. After much time passes by, they are not to be found anywhere and a rescue operation is undertaken to find out what happened to those 4. After a search operation by the rescue team and staying with the local tribes there, they find out the video tapes shot by these 4 filmmakers and they get the whole scenario what actually may have happened.

Plot is good, engaging and even thrilling. The actors chosen play their part perfectly.
The locations, local people, surroundings everything looks authentic and perfect.

But there is a huge problem with the movie. Filmmakers often use the word 'Cinematic Liberty' to explain their sometimes weird experiments undertaken. But my question is 'Shouldn't there be a particular boundary which should not be crossed for defining Cinematic Liberties? I mean, if cutting the head, limbs and shell of a live turtle on screen, shooting a live pig with a gun, cutting the head of an alive monkey personifies cinematic liberty, then hell with such cinema. Cruelty towards animals on screen is disgusting and should be a punishable offense. As a veggie and an animal lover, I hated this movie inspite of the plot being great and thrilling.

Rating : 3/10 (For the cruelty on animals)

• Written by Prakash.
• In category Movies.
• 14 years ago.

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