This starts off with "Lee" trying to get the funeral of his wife - and it involves the star - Charlton Heston, no less - running! He's clearly not at his "Ben Hur" best and those few opening scenes rather set the tone for this rather weak and feeble take on the "Quatermain" jungle adventure. His son "Rick" (John Savage) is the product of their broken marriage and has a limited degree of respect for his dad. That isn't much helped by their shared affection for "Anne" (Maud Adams). The former man is a veteran tour guide working on safaris, the latter man an erstwhile British soldier who is emplo…
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