Prisoners of the Amazon Jungle
★ 3.3 · 1987 · 75m · Adventure · Crime · Drama · Comedy
Some brazilian chicks are kidnapped by girl dealers and carried away on a small airplane to take them to the amazon jungle. What follows is catch as catch can between two groups of gangs... but the girls have fun anyway...
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