Theyve eluded heat-seeking missiles fought off enraged 5000 pound hippos and defied a threatening volcano. Nothing will stop a handful of explorers from reaching the fabled lost city of zinj but the expedition turns deadly when the group encounters an unknown breed of gorillas. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Dylan Walsh Laura Linney Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Frank Marshall

This is a terrible movie. Frank Marshall (Arachnophobia) demonstrates no control over story, actors, effects, or general presentation in this adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel about an expedition into deep, dark Africa that runs into an unknown race of killer apes. The big monkeys attack and attack and attack and have to be fought off with machine guns and lasers--that's pretty much the story, except there's probably an even better one behind "fourth Ghostbuster" Ernie Hudson's bizarre decision to speak with a British accent. While Marshall wants us to root for the human characters, they're all so obnoxious and unbelievable you can't help but feel lousy for the poor apes when they get chopped to bits just for defending their homes against these twerps. If you're not feeling enough environmentalist ire these days, watch this and get angry. --Tom Keogh

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