Congo (1995)
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21% of critics liked it
(43 reviews) -
34% of users liked it
(59,525 ratings)
Good gorillas meet bad gorillas while human beings search for treasure in this jungle advnture saga. R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker) is the ruthless head of Travi-Com, a telecommunications firm on the cusp of a major breakthrough in laser communications technology. However, Travis needs diamonds to… More Good gorillas meet bad gorillas while human beings search for treasure in this jungle advnture saga. R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker) is the ruthless head of Travi-Com, a telecommunications firm on the cusp of a major breakthrough in laser communications technology. However, Travis needs diamonds to finish the project, so he sends a group of men to Zaire, where he's told that a large supply of the gems can be easily found. When the men go missing, Travis sends his trusted assistant Karen Ross (Laura Linney), a one-time CIA associate, into the jungle to find both his staff and the jewels. Hoping to keep her mission a secret, Karen travels to Zaire in the company of Peter (Dylan Walsh), a researcher on primate development who is hoping to return Amy, a gorilla who has been taught sign language and can "speak" English with the help of a glove-controlled computer device. Also travelling with them is Herkermer (Tim Curry), a Romanian with a secret agenda: he's convinced that Amy can guide him to the Lost City of Zinj, where he believes that King Solomon's Mines are located. Upon arrival, the group is met by Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), a self-described "great white hunter who happens to be black," and they discover that the jungle holds a menace that they weren't counting on: a tribe of bloodthirsty gray gorillas. Congo was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Marshall
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Jun 9, 1995 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Brian Lowry, Variety
Feels as if the picture were edited to leave the action sequences in while removing any connecting material that might have helped them make sense.
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Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Dreadfully muddled, but mildly diverting.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
This glib, overheated film about vicious primates delivers little suspense...
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The entire tone of the book has been transformed from tension to tongue-in-cheek with dismal results.
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Lucy Mohl, Film.com
A movie that appears to have been designed first as a future theme park, and then as a major motion-picture.
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Cast
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Dylan Walsh
as Peter Elliot
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Laura Linney
as Dr. Karen Ross
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Ernie Hudson
as Monroe Kelly
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Tim Curry
as Herkermer Homolka
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Grant Heslov
as Richard
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Joe Don Baker
as R.B. Travis
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David Anthony
as Gorilla
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Jimmy Buffett
as 727 pilot
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Bruce Campbell
as Charles Travis
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John Hawkes
as Bob Driscol
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Peter Jason
as Mr Janus
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Nicholas Kadi
as Gorilla
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James Karen
as College President
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William John Murphy
as Transport Worker
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Taylor Nichols
as Jeffrey Weems
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Stuart Pankin
as Boyd
- Joe Pantoliano
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James Paradise
as Transport Worker
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Romy Rosemont
as Eleanor Romy's Assistant
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Carolyn Seymour
as Eleanor Romy
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Philip Tan
as Gorilla
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Mary Ellen Trainor
as Moira
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Joel Weiss
as Travicom Employee
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Lawrence T. Wrentz
as Arliss Wender
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Thom Barry
as Samahani
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John Cameron
as Gorilla
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Kathleen Connors
as Sally
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Peter Elliott
as Gorilla
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Peter Anthony Elliott
as Gorilla


