The Lost Tribe (2009)

After a devastating boat crash, a group of friends are stranded on an uncharted island where they encounter an ancient tribe of humanoid creatures.

Director:

Roel Reiné

Writer:

Mark E. Davidson (screenplay)

Stars:

Emily Baldoni, Nick Mennell, Marc Bacher

Cast

Credited cast:
Emily Baldoni	...	Anna (as Emily Foxler)
Nick Mennell	...	Tom
Marc Bacher	...	Joe
Brianna Brown	...	Alexis
Hadley Fraser	...	Chris
Maxine Bahns	...	Maya
Ryan Alosio	...	Marcus
Lance Henriksen	...	Gallo
Terry Notary	...	Alpha Male
Peter David Parasiliti	...	Alpha Male (voice)
Mohit Ramchandani	...	Man in Church
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Anderson	...	Soldier
Shane Brewer	...	Soldier
Hugh Daly	...	Soldier
Wil Daniels	...	Creature

Storyline

While on their way to Asia to close a business deal, five friends (Anna, Tom, Joe, Alexis, and Chris) rescue a man that's been left to drift at sea. Injured and in shock, the stranger overrides the yacht's autopilot and attempts to change the vessel's course, but instead wrecks the boat on a rock and the vessel sinks. The castaways wash ashore on the beach of an uncharted island and attempt to contact the Coast Guard over the yacht's radio. Before the Coast Guard can arrive, the body of the stranger vanishes from the grave the other survivors had laid him to rest in. Needing some time to himself, Tom wanders into the jungle and is attacked by an unseen assailant. During the attempt to find Tom the next day Alexis is killed by the jungle's inhabitants and Chris is taken. Joe and Anna discover a nefarious plot by the Vatican to cover up a research team's discoveries on the island before Joe is killed be an assassin sent by the church. Anna is then left by herself to survive on the ...

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Plot Keywords:

falling downhill | psychotronic film | island | jungle | castaway | 

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Taglines:

With friends like these...

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence/gore

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 2010 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Primal

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avatar Entertainment Group, Rebel Film BV

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cover image for some DVD releases, particularly the UK release with the title changed to 'Primevil', depicts Emily Foxler's character Anna carrying an assault rifle, flanked by two soldiers. This never happens in the movie and Anna never uses a gun.

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Connections

References George of the Jungle (1997)

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Soundtracks

Girl Got a Girlfriend
Written by Mams Taylor
Performed by Mams Taylor

User Reviews

Lost script

About 75% of the time, all you see is darkness and outlines, sometimes with some crunching noises and people screaming. That approach is OK for a horror movie when used in moderation: here it's used so much they might as well have been filming from inside a closet. With the door shut.

Except for the anthropologist (or whoever she was) character, the acting looks like a You-Tube video somebody at a drunken frat party shot of his friends when they were all beyond hammered. All of these characters are obviously there for no other purpose than to become roadkill pizza for the creatures. There's one recognizable actor in the cast, whose purpose is even more baffling; he's an extra bad guy but who knows what his motivations are. And it never matters or changes anything anyway. I guess the actor had some free time and worked on the cheap.

The movie brazenly cuts and pastes direct images from Predator and several other movies. The creatures (that you can hardly ever see) grunt Kling-On and chase the scientist blonde all over the place, and then let her go. Then chase her some more. She thinks they might be the long sought-after Missing Link, but who knows? They show more skill, intelligence, and adaptability than some modern humans, such as whoever was responsible for this silliness.