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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

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507:), rated the movie 6 out of 10 stars, calling it "a light-hearted romp" and saying, "It's all unashamedly joky and facetious, but also very likeable. The look of the film is rough and ready ... Even the biggest fans of this film would have to admit that director J. F. Lawton is unlikely to go down in history as one of cinema's great visual stylists. That said, he's a very capable screenwriter (as he subsequently demonstrated by penning such perennial favourites as 340:) and now her nemesis; she has joined the tribe of Piranha women with her own exploitative agenda. The two argue about the morality of sacrificing men and the exploitation of the Piranha women, and Bunny decides to join the tribe, her first sacrifice being Jim. Bunny cannot go through with the kill, however, and Dr. Hunt escapes, aided by the handsome, intelligent, and sensitive Jean-Pierre (Brett Stimely), who also was to be sacrificed. 29: 487:
granted the movie 2 out of 4 stars: "This film is not nearly as bad as it might have been, thanks largely to the leads. Moreover, CANNIBAL WOMEN does manage to be on target with its humor from time to time. But there are far more misses than hits as the movie also goes for the corny, the obvious, and
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is pretty smart picture, with Lawton's screenplay among its major qualities ... He's also fairly shrewd when it comes to the casting with Tweed (shortly before her move into 'erotic thriller' territory) capturing just the right tongue-in-cheek tone and Barbeau lending the requisite cult appeal.
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The film ends happily for the trio of main characters: Bunny and Jim are to be married, and Jean-Pierre has enrolled at Dr. Hunt's university as a feminist studies major, becoming in the process the ideal companion for Hunt.
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Dr. Margo Hunt finds in the jungle a rival tribe of cannibal women, the Barracuda Women, who are at war with the Piranha women due to differences over which condiment (
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magazine, Hunt refuses to bring the Piranha women with her, and instead persuades the warring cannibal tribes to reunite, maintaining the peace by means of
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Margo Hunt challenges Kurtz to a duel for supremacy, and they argue while fighting with various weapons; eventually, Margo impales Kurtz with a
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found the film "pack some good laughs (and bad puns) but is unfortunately underproduced, giving Paramount Video an okay rental item."
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Eventually, the trio (Margo, Bunny and Jim) meets the Piranha women, who have recently taken Dr. Kurtz (played by
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behind them — whilst Lawton also had the inspired idea of putting his pal Bill Maher in the male hero role.
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Mistal also acquits herself well — as you would expect from someone with the experience of
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Having discovered the government plot to domesticate the Piranha women by providing
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women, who live in the mysterious "Avocado Jungle" (westernmost outpost:
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Retrospective reviews include The Digital Fix's reviewer, who wrote:
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supply after some confrontations with the "Piranha" tribe of
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J. F. Lawton
Gary W. Goldstein
Bill Maher
Shannon Tweed
Adrienne Barbeau
Paramount Home Video
CIC Video
English
comedy film
J. F. Lawton
Shannon Tweed
Bill Maher
pop culture
feminism
B movies
Cannibal Holocaust
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
J. F. Lawton
Pretty Woman
Under Siege
its sequel
V.I.P.
U.S. government
avocado
cannibal
San Bernardino
professor
university

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