Fire on the Amazon

"Fight fire with fire."

Jul 14 2000 R 1h 27m
Action, Adventure, Drama

When a well-known environmental researcher is murdered in the Amazon jungle, an arrogant photojournalist joins forces with a beautiful young activist to find out who is responsible. Along they way, they fall in love as they discover the men responsible for the killing would be more than willing to murder again if it will keep them quiet.

Plot

In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers, forges an alliance with Indians to protest deforestation, he is assassinated. O'Brien, a US photo-journalist who has no skills as an investigator, wants a story when he thinks the police have framed and murdered an innocent Indian as the assassin. In his search for the truth, he involves Lysa Rothman, who worked for Santos and with whom he falls in love. As he gets deeper into trouble with the cops and the real assassin, he not only needs Lysa's help but that of the Indians' leader. How many will die so O'Brien can get his story?

Written by

Luana Anders, Catherine Cyran, Beverly Gray

Directed by

Luis Llosa

Production Countries

Peru, United States of America

Production Companies

Concorde-New Horizons

Languages

English, Español

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
3,063
Average Rating
3.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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