Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)

The Age of Commercialism

People are voting emotionally.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt. She is hired to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student who wants to start a feminist cookery course.......Getting straight to the point, the title is the funniest and most entertaining part of the film, a wannabe satire showing that men are the weak minded fools we've always knew they were, whilst at the same time portraying women as literal man eaters.So in a sense, it can be quite clever at times, but the depiction of men in this film belong in a Zucker Brothers comedy, rather than a wannabe scathing satire on the men are from mars, women are from Venus argument.The bar scene, where they are trying to hire a guide, just feels like it's from a different film, and takes you away from the narrative, much like the strange tribe scene, where Jim turns the men into real men.And then there's the never ending references to Apocalypse Now, calling the main antagonist Kurtz is one thing, but you really have to do something other than to have someone say 'the horror, the horror'.The stunt casting of Shannon Tweed is wonderful though, and it does have that familiar eighties sheen to it, but other than the wonderfully amusing title, it doesn't do much.

Totally fun movie. Another one I chose for "bad movie night". You can not take it seriously. Adrian and Sharon are your stereotypical "amazon" ladies from this type of movie. Scantally clad and trying to handle every situation. Acting is overdone and stupid but that is what you would expect. I didn't know Bill Mar was in it till he came on screen. He totally made the movie. His character was actually likable and funny. If you are looking for something wildly entertaining and well done this is not your flick.If you are looking for some mindless entertainment for an evening, this would be a good choice.

This movie is very campy and knows it. It tries to make fun of feminists and chauvinists at the same time, and does so quite well. It is very (very) light entertainment.Bill Maher plays a light-hearted chauvinist who teaches a tribe of sensitive men all about beer and corvettes. Seeing Bill Maher in purple bikini underwear before being put into a pot to stew, and having him discover a carrot in the pot and uttering the words "What's up Doc" is very worth the viewing experience..

Hey, it's got skin. And it's got more skin. It's even got Adrienne Barbeau's skin (mmmm, Adrienne Barbeau). Not the funniest thing in the world, sort of the ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES of the jungle-women subgenre, but you could do worse -- I know *I* have...