Mid eighties action adventure yarn in the mould of the Indiana Jones franchise from director Robert Zemeckis and produced by actor Michael Douglas production company.
The film focuses on a successful if naive and lonely romantic novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) who spends the film rescuing her kidnapped sister Elaine who is being held in Cartagena, Colombia.
Along the way she faces several obstacles usually in the deep jungle fauna of the Columbian jungle sided by Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) who is an American exotic bird smuggler who is used to the jungle terrain.
A romantic bond forms between Wilder and Colton throughout the film culminating in them sailing off in the distance at the films end aboard Colton's yacht.
The film's action sequences are very Indiana Jones-esque and it's box-office success is testament to this.
Look out for maps, treasure and an annoying character played by Danny Devito who seems to be there to make up the numbers.
The film focuses on a successful if naive and lonely romantic novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) who spends the film rescuing her kidnapped sister Elaine who is being held in Cartagena, Colombia.
Along the way she faces several obstacles usually in the deep jungle fauna of the Columbian jungle sided by Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) who is an American exotic bird smuggler who is used to the jungle terrain.
A romantic bond forms between Wilder and Colton throughout the film culminating in them sailing off in the distance at the films end aboard Colton's yacht.
The film's action sequences are very Indiana Jones-esque and it's box-office success is testament to this.
Look out for maps, treasure and an annoying character played by Danny Devito who seems to be there to make up the numbers.