I watched this again to focus more on Belinda Lee. She actually gives one of her better English language performances - suicide attempts agree with her! She seems focused, intense, conveys meaning with her face.
The other actors are strong - Patrick McGoohan and Michael Craig especially. But it's such a dopey story. It's not a love triangle because Lee never met McGoohan, and he's got this other girl waiting. She's in trouble about her mother dying then it's resolved off screen. Her "rival" for McGoohan gets him just by hanging around. The villains just snarl a bit but don't do anything.
The story is a series of encounters with wildlife and danger but in an episodic way - a lion runs loose twice, a bush fire, a snake, etc. It's a lazily written movie. It's worth seeing for the actors and location work in South Africa.
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