| Welcome to the Jungle | |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Produced by | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Written by | Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Starring | Sandy Gardiner Callard Harris Nickolas Richey Veronica Sywak |
| Music by | Richard B. Larimore |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Hensleigh John Leonetti |
| Editing by | John Leonetti |
| Studio | Bauer Martinez Studios Valhalla Motion Pictures Steelbridge Film Works |
| Distributed by | Bauer Martinez Studios Dimension Extreme Genius Products |
| Release date(s) | April 19, 2007 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Welcome to the Jungle is a 2007 American horror film directed by Jonathan Hensleigh and starring Sandy Gardiner, Callard Harris, Nickolas Richey and Veronica Sywak.
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The plot of Welcome to the Jungle concerns two young couples who go to Southwest New Guinea from Fiji in order to find Michael Rockefeller, the son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who disappeared back in 1961 and hope to interview him to sell to the tabloids for $1,000,000. After a close encounter with armed criminals, psychopathic boarder guards and finding evidence that suggest that Michael Rockefeller may still be alive, the group finally make it to the jungle where Rockefeller was last seen. The group venture deep into the jungle where they find two Christian missionaries and a middle-aged Australian man who warns the group not to disturb the tribes in the area or else they will be killed. However tensions raise between the two couples which ultimately attracts the attention of local bloodthirsty cannibalistic tribes who then stalk one of the young couples while they are on a makeshift boat in the river and then attacked them when they made their way to shore.
Meanwhile the next morning the other couple realizes that most of their essential belongings are missing, fearing that the other couple who took their items and went on ahead might find and interview Rockefeller without them. They then decide to go find their friends but end up finding blood and bits and their clothing on the shore where they were kidnapped. Fearing for their welfare the two go deep into the jungle and later that day, find the body of the women of the other couple. Later into the night they find half-eaten bodies of the Christian missionaries whom they met earlier and then find their male friend who's legs and arms had been eaten off and then decide to kill him and escape. After escaping from the tribe who killed them the young couple come across a seemly friendlier non-cannibalistic tribe who invite them to their village and provide them with food to eat. The couple then talk about what they are going to do with their lives after they escape, but their conversation is cut short when the tribe who invited them then knock the young couple unconscious and kill them while their portable camera carries on filming. Seconds later, an old man is seen walking away from the tribe. There is no information of who this old man could be, but there is a possibility that it could be Michael Rockefeller, who has been kept alive by the tribe since he was captured by them in 1961.
The film premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on April 19, 2007 before being released direct to DVD in most major territories.