I wanted to but couldn't!

Absolutely the worst movie.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Sean Connery, slightly overweight for this role, plays a scientist who needs the help of a young female assistant in order to regain his 'lost' formula which has proved to be the cure for cancer.Many people think Lorraine Bracco as the girl whiz-kid is terrible in the role, but that's simply not true. It's the script that stinks. Lorraine is beautiful and charismatic. Connery is good no matter what he does and he's fine here, though he appears to be heavier than a man in his position would be -- he's living in the rain forest, eating fruits, and exercising like a madman climbing around in the trees using his ropes and pulleys. Unfortunately, the movie is marred by a predictable plot and beyond-stupid dialogue.OK if you're a Connery fan. Otherwise, take a rain check.... get it? 'Rain forest'.... 'rain check'.... hee-hee.

John McTiernan directed this romantic adventure that stars Sean Connery as Dr. Robert Campbell, a brilliant but eccentric and reclusive scientist working in the Amazon rain forest trying to find a cure for cancer, but finding himself in need of an assistant, so requests one from his employer, but is disappointed to find that it is a woman Dr.(played by Lorraine Bracco) Despite his skepticism, she proves quite resilient, and eventually gains his respect, and even his love? Meanwhile, they must fight the bulldozers for redevelopment of the area, which threaten to destroy the source of the cure. Well-intentioned but utterly predictable film still has Connery's star power going for it, and nice scenery, but little else.

Well, I suppose a lot of people did not seem to like this movie. I did. It's one real flaw was obvious from the beginning, a preachy, environmental tone. Aside from that, it has a lot to recommend it. First, Sean Connery can scarcely do anything bad. He lifts a maybe ho-hum script into the sky. He is simply believable as his character at all times. Lorraine Bracco was pretty, and hit all of her part as well. Her nasal New York accent seems to have grated on some of the commentators, but I believe that it was the director's intent. The conflict may have been a bit formulaic, but you have to have SOMETHING to make a movie about. I'd say check it out.

Scientist as good as this guy, which is top 10 in the discovery business, understands that ants make acid type proteins and flowers make alkaloids (mostly, with fruits the major exception). They look different to people like me. When I paused the movie at the structure, it showed an insect type component, not a plant alkaloid (bee sting poison versus cocaine). The structure would have been enough for the scientist in the first place, you don't need the actual compound. You just take something close and modify it, ie taxol from needles instead of bark. I hate being one of the few that noticed this. Lots of pharm companies have these guys out there. That is why drugs are so expensive!