Fun, silly, unpretentious effort from the beginning of Robert L. Lippert's career. It's about an expedition to find another expedition - despite the title it's set in Africa. It's got the inherent racism of the genre but at least has pace. There's too much location footage incorporated - after a while it was like "alright already, I know you've got location footage".
Some pleasing surprises - I didn't pick the identity of the traitor (he was in interesting character too - eloquent and quote-y), the female characters drive a lot of the action, the native Queen (Amira Moustafa) is allowed to keep her guy at the end. There's action and brightness and some tiresome "I ain't having no woman along" gunk from the hero, but it does give some romantic conflict.
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