Show Congo is Disappointing at Best By Shane I. I Callahan A E Editor Congo is a movie about human greed turned bad the m mindless dive into the pool with no consideration for the dangers in the water wafer R. R B. B Travis Joe Don Baker is the CEO of who sends a party including his son down to the Congo After the groups group's transmission transmission transmission sion is lost he sends yet another party led by Karen Ross Laura Linney Linney Linney Lin- Lin ney with jungle expert Monroe Kelly Ernie Hudson and Gorilla expert Peter Elliot Dylan Walsh with Amy the communicating gorilla These groups are looking for rare diamonds to be used for his newest money-making money scheme lasers The groups end up finding the lost city of where it is rumored the most and the greatest quality of diamonds are located wants the diamonds to produce a flawless laser that will give them the edge in the communication communication communication com com- world Homolka has been studying the city for decades but has never found it and thinks that Amy is the key to finding the lost city but it turns out that Amy wasn't really needed In fact she only helped once to find tind the direction of the city The movie could coul d have remained somewhat whole if she wasn't even in it Some of the most interesting aspects of the movie was the camping camping camping camp camp- ing equipment and the scenery of the jungle The movie was shot on location in Africa and t 1 it 1 tr r rI I w 1 I L I I I IX X l 9 o A s s 3 R i c 4 S t 9 I Photo by Morton Congo expedition members protect themselves against killer gorillas in this sad of Michael Crichtons Crichton's book displayed some of the most beautiful scenery seen in a movie Monroe Kelly turns out to be the most interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting character in the film Hudson had to have fun playing this role Most of the movie is about the complications of starting the expedition expedition expedition tion and the follow through It isn't until the last half hour that the goril goril- las in the Congo are discovered and the movie movie finally begins It isn't until this point that it actually turns into an exciting movie Although the Michael Crichtons Crichton's story isn't all that well adapted to the movie screen it was the attention to details that made this movie a somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what mediocre movie |