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Caribe (1988)

May. 20,1988
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4
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R
| Adventure Drama Thriller

Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central American terrorists. And as she runs for her life after the deal goes bad, she has no choice but to trusts Jeff, a British Intelligence Agent - it's a life and death chase, where passion and loyalty are easily confused...

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BootDigest
1988/05/20

Such a frustrating disappointment

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Lawbolisted
1988/05/21

Powerful

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Sexyloutak
1988/05/22

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Odelecol
1988/05/23

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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gavin6942
1988/05/24

Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central American terrorists. And as she runs for her life after the deal goes bad, she has no choice but to trusts Jeff, a British Intelligence Agent - it is a life and death chase, where passion and loyalty are easily confused...That is a really long plot summary, but maybe that will help convince you to see this one. While nothing amazing, and not the sort of film I would typically watch... it has that 1980s action thing going on. Okay, not much (the action is pretty mild for Latin American terrorists) -- but enough.This is one of the first things director Michael Kennedy ever did. And, despite a score or more of films under his belt, none jump out as anything you have ever heard of. He did nine episodes of "The Kids in the Hall", but whether or not these were good episodes is beyond me.I would definitely give this another chance, especially if Shout Factory were to pick it up and turn it into something a little extra special.

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gridoon2018
1988/05/25

Jessica Martorana's comment below tells you pretty much everything you need to know about "Caribe". I can stand a lot of things in low-budget action films, there is only one characteristic they MUST avoid: being boring. Unfortunately, "Caribe" is very boring. After all, there is only so much walking in the jungle / kayaking in the river one can take before losing interest, no matter how beautiful the locales may be. Stephen McHattie plays a reprehensible enough villain, but the two leads are not very charismatic, although Kara Glover does run / climb / swim / get covered in mud capably. Gore fans may also appreciate a gratuitous heart removal scene. Not a film to seek out. * out of 4.

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BigHardcoreRed
1988/05/26

Caribe was a movie about an illegal arms trade in Central America that goes bad and leaves a young woman involved named Helen (Kara Glover) and a British Intelligence Agent named Jeff (John Savage) alone to face a gang of pirates, hoodlums, or thieves, whatever they are, after them, intending to kill them. Along the way they meet a violence hating hippie type who dresses like a Native American and can kill with precision and ease named Tommy (Zack Nesis). Anyone else see a problem there? He eventually becomes their ally.There was what seemed to be a pretty cool boat chase scene around the middle of the movie, but that quickly fizzled out with a pretty lame end. Oh well.Let me say first that Kara Glover would be better suited to play a ditzy soccer mom or librarian over this role of an illegal arms trader. I was not convinced of anything she did. The only thing about her I am convinced about, is that she did not get her role because of her acting. She was pretty cute and someone thought she just had to be in this film. Don't get me wrong, she was cute and has her place in the acting universe, but not here, not even in this awful action film. I guess that shows why she hasn't acted since 1988, according to IMDb. One last point... why would they show a fat stripper running around naked but deliberately cut out Kara Glover's bathing scene in the lake? Makes no sense and could have caught my interest, if only for a bit.Which brings me to my next point. Shouldn't an action movie have action? Instead, this movie shows us what could have happened to our hero and heroine but later cuts to show they made it out alive. No explanation, just believe they made it through their predicament.John Savage plays Jeff Richardson, a British Intelligence agent who happens to be an American (which they actually touch upon in this film). He seems like a weak male lead to me and could have been better cast.The only actor worth mentioning here is Stephen McHattie. He plays Whitehale, the villain who is chasing Helen and Jeff through a river in Belize intent on killing them to keep his secrets safe. He reminds me of Alan Rickman's character, Hans Gruber in Die Hard.Honestly, I can't really recommend this one unless it happens to be lying snugly in your DVD player already to go while you have nowhere to go for the next 90 minutes and are bored out of your mind. Not as bad as other movies I've reviewed (see Savage Roses), but not really worth your time. 4/10

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jess-12
1988/05/27

Two explosives specialists who work together are involved in a scam down in Belize. They travel there to make the deal, but do not realize they are being followed by a British Secret Intelligence Agent (John Savage). The agent comes upon the dealers and soon bullets fly, causing the explosives expert Helen (Kara Glover) and the Intelligence Agent Jeff (Savage) to flee for their lives. While Helen and Jeff hide in the bush, they soon fall for one another and eventually hatch out a plan to wipe out the explosives dealers all together. In obliterating the dealers, they also detonate the explosives and later Helen realizes she will be a wanted woman back in the states. With Jeff's help, she obtains a new identity and he says that he will take care of her no matter what happens.Aside from the beautiful scenery of the tropics, this was a totally boring movie. The plot dragged on as I fast forwarded through much of the dreadful dialogue. Maybe had there been a better explanation of the characters and a more exciting plot it would have been a more interesting movie, but I doubt it.

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