CONGO... Just like Jurassic Park, but Awful - Rental Reviews
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Cinemassacre Video reviews Congo with James Rolfe, Justin Silverman, Kieran, and Tony from Hack The Movies. Congo is a 1995 movie about gorillas. From the makers of Jurassic Park! It's not as good as Jurassic Park.
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Thanks for the invite man COOL! :)
Its only a 6 hour bus ride from Pittsburgh... I think its time to get up off my ass and do something fun for once.
It was forgettable in comparison to Jurassic Park though
Cinemassacre This is my all-time favorite movie.
I would like to see a review of Deep Rising.
*STOP EATING MY SEASAME CAKE!*
If this wasnt the top comment I would have been very disappointed.
I love that part.
“That was for Dessert! This tea party is ruined!”
Mr. Prince It isn't mine is
Greatest movie quote of all time :P
DRAGO!!! DRAAGOO!!! DRAAAGOOO!!!!
Congo! Congo is a guilty pleasure. Thank you for the shout out to the always awesome Delroy Lindo. Loved Ernie Hudson in this and in The The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
I feel I have to interject something (that you might already probably know):
That "True Lies guy"- his name is Grant Heslov...and after playing only supporting roles for a majority of his acting career, he's apparently learned alot about the In's and Out's of the movie business.
He's been best friends and business partners with George Clooney since, like, 1982(?). Along the way, he's also become a very successful movie producer: "Good night and Good Luck", "The Ides of March", among others.
He was one of the producers for "Argo" for which he received a frikin' Oscar for in 2013. He's been NOMINATED for an Oscar over 3 times for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.
I used to know him as the "Congo Guy" myself but, as of late, I think he's payed his dues and earned his own name I think, lol.
At least with me, he has.
I see your point. He may have earned his name in Hollywood, but he's is only known to the public through his public appearances, and unfortunately that leads him to be known as that "(insert film) guy".
I honestly fell out of interest with these types of videos, but I decided to give this one a shot and I'm glad that I did because I was generally entertained the whole time watching.
This has been one of my guilty pleasure movies ever since ’95 😅 It’s so weird how this much talent messed this movie up so badly. The book isn’t great, but it had better potential. Also, the Homolka character isn’t there and Munroe (Hudson’s character) is white 😄
The amazon poster reminds me of a rob Schneider movie poster
I seen and met Ernie Hudson in 2015 and he said Congo was his favorite movie because it was the closest he ever come to being James Bond. No joke.
At least someone was having fun
I actually love Congo
His role was originally written for Sean Connery, as the book was originally going to be made into a movie in the early 80's, but it never got made and Connery declined to do it once the movie was actually being made.
Amazing Actor, Mr.Hudson is truly a class act, great guy, very strong hand shake, beautiful family too. Just overall great folks, the Hudsons.
Too Cool! I got my picture taken with Ernie Hudson and got his autograph (I had him sign my Ghostbusters II poster) when I attended Ghostbusters Fan Fest in Los Angelas in June 2019.
James reaction to the Fortnite dancing contest is just...accurate.
*YUP!!!*
Yea I saw that
Friends don't let friends fortnite
I expected him to go full AVGN for a second and call it a shitload of fuck
I got sad when he said Fortnite and thought "Oh not you too James" but his reaction was perfect
The Congo game for sega saturn is a worthy of AVGN episode.
I want to see that.
I agree
I like how James is uncomfortable saying that there is a Fortnite dancing contest
Late Night Person anyone would be.
You can feel his immense disgust without even seeing his face
I’d be the same way
Big facts😂
They can pay him for advertising, but they can never buy his soul!!!
"Tim Curry stars in a movie where Apes get sawn apart by lasers."
Meester Writer sign me up.
You watch yourself Brian.
@@I_like_turtles_67 Tim Curry makes any movie entertaining. He's awesome!
Even though I've already seen this movie and know it's ass, this sells me into seeing it again
@@I_like_turtles_67 He better. -_-
18:45 - Actually, one of the main draws for Bruce Campbell signing onto Congo WAS the fact that it was shot on-location! He mentions in his autobiography that he was on location for like a month but was only needed one or two days a week - so he used his per-diem allowance to go surfing, go scuba diving, take scenic tours and so on. Work in a gorgeous tropical setting with lots of stuff to do outside of work AND it's all on the company dime? SIGN ME UP.
Bruce Campbell wrote in one of his books that he did this movie just so he could have vacation time. He spent most of his days doing cool stuff instead of actually filming stuff.
VoidOfBeeswax That's funny. I wondered why he chose to do a non b-movie.
Great book, audiobook. I went browsing the comments to point this out.
I am guessing it wasn't filmed in the Congo lol
I'd imagine Bruce Campbell just spending all his days doing cool stuff.
@@graciegj63 Congo IS a B-movie. It's definitely not A-list.
*_Can't go wrongo with Congo!_*
-sonnabish-
Congofuckyourself
This comment is um.... Coolo
It's like the AVGN turned into your best friends cool dad...while the Nostalgia Critic turned into your creepy uncle.
don't worry your generation will laugh at you like that soon enough
That one uncle who never shuts up about his days of the war, lol
How so?
I love these Rental Review videos! There's something comfy about them!
I believe I know what you mean
I'm amazed how perfect the video store music is that is on the nose nostalgic perfection.
VHS
they are new cinemassacare crew. and they are helping james making new AVGN episodes.. (Which all are beyond amazing)
so yeah, guys awe awesome!
I know! Reminds me of some of the old cable shows I used to watch in the 80s and 90s.
When he says “stop eating my sesame cake!” That’s one of my favorite lines in any movie ever
I never thought I would hear James reference Fortnite dances.
*WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!*
*AM I RIGHT?!?!?*
The exact same words i thought just a second ago!
"I love how everyone hates Tim Curry in this movie" Of course they do, everyone always hates Tim Curry, that's the gag. That's why he plays such a wonderful jerk. He does play the villain from time to time but usually he's just the egotistical, self-centered jerk and every time you see that big smile of his you just want to knock his teeth out.
The only exception i can think of is The Hunt for Red October, mostly because he is barely in it.
The _Killa Gorilla at the Thrilla in Manilla_ starring Ben Stilla.
MariktheGunslinger HAHAHA good one;)
co-staring _Magilla Gorilla_
Soundtrack by Vanilla (Ice)
yo chilla fo rilla
Smokin’ Joe Frazier hooking off on Ali:/
Mr. Homolka? Stop eating my sesame cake.
STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!
🤣
Holy shit, i thought this movie was just some kinda fever dream I had. Good to see it's actually real
me too
Heeeey, geeeet outta my feeevah dreaaaam!!!!!
Haha, this is the only movie I ever walked out in the middle of at the theater
SAME DUDE
@@deivi1 LOL. It was somewhat entertaining but......It was definitely NO Jurassic Park...Not even in the neighboring parking lot of the ballpark
It had it's moments though.
Same thing can be said about Sphere...Though I loved that book.
I had no idea this was considered to be a bad movie lol
This shit is one of the best things to watch in UA-cam this days, please keep make in it!
"in days" wow. I'm gonna check out your vlogs right now, dude, you sound like you have high standards :P
*making
@@GLARebel the mystery of UA-cam comments and the number of likes they get will remain unsolved forever.
kinda like the "nobody, absolutely nobody" comments that get 1k likes. such stupid bottom of the barrel 'humor' that requires zero effort or an ounce of comedy.
or simply quoting the video with an actual funny line (like you had anything to do with it) and then saying "dead" with an emoji... sigh..
The thing I remember from this movie is how the talking gorilla just waves her arm and she can speak anything. She does a move once and it goes like:
-Hello
then she does the same shit again and it goes all like:
-Have you seen the latest researches in the psychoquantic hypothalamus field?
Hyped for this review. Love the movie.
Didnt know you watch James ;)
Lol I heard you start to sing the theme song to angry video game nerd in your live stream the other day. You da man!
if you ever see a game based on this movie...
dont pick it up
It's still a shitty movie.
@@RisingBeast00
The 90s were a minefield of this kind of shit.the 90s was definitely when you started seeing PG-13 movies take over where
R-rated movies used to be.
This video series is slowly becoming my favorite on UA-cam. Such great synergy between the hosts, great selection of movies. Gotta love that VHS rental shop style.
Ye.the fab four
This explains why Winston didn't appear in Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
He got stuck in the Congo.
*I GET IT!!*
Bullshit! He escaped.
Stuck in the Congo?... Who you gonna call?
The mystery of "what are these diamonds for" works much better in the book. It's stated ERTS wants them as semiconductors for a sort of GPS system, but it's alluded that they also can be used for advanced laser weaponry. Some true early 80s shit.
Please review The Fifth Element
Please review The Fifth Element
ESAELP PLAH
@@jordanmyers1450 please help?
Ok
You’ll need multi pass
Nowadays, having Kathleen Kennedy attached to your project is a bad sign.
FOur things I liked about this film: Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson, Bruce Campbell and the lazer.
*CAN'T GO WRONG WITH TIM CURRY, ERNIE HUDSON, OR BRUCE CAMPBELL!!!*
@@thatonea-hole Yaaaaassss
@@KingNexusMOCs
Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh!!
The latest thing in communication!
Bruce Campbell is the best part of this movie.
Ernie Hudson was in the Crow, too!
Gold! I need to find that CD game now 😂
I really didn't like the game, its one of those adventure games that have insta-deaths everywhere and nothing is explained very well.
just finished watching your last video :D and then i see you there !
There was also a FPS game for Sega Saturn with surprisingly good music.
Wow the Klayton is here lol.
Just remember it’s not quite as good as Jurassic Park 😉
Congo was unironically my favorite movie for a while when I was little.
You have to do The Relic next! Underrated and really great!
saw it in the theaters, Its better then its given credit
The relic is an entertaining watch with coherent actors. Quite the contrary to congo. Monster design is also pretty neat.
@@HerrHoppenstedt i like how it "mixed" different DNA
I hate to be that person who says "the book is better than the movie" but last year my 56 year old boss tells me about The Relic. I have never seen the movie but he actually let me borrow the book. After I read the book I watched the movie and damn...."the book is better than the movie"
Still a great movie though!!
It actually manages to cross into great schlock territory; Mostly because the cast is so good.
Mr. Rolfe? Stop eating my sesame cake.
*STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!*
That was for dessert this tea party is ruined !
@@aaronm4858
*YOU ASSHOLE!!!!*
Mr. Homolka
Congo is my guilty pleasure from the 90's.
irina1296 me too
Its good no guilt
Same, it is nice to know other people enjoyed it also
But KoKo the Gorilla was actually capable of some sign language. She answered complex questions ("how do you feel" after her pet cat died) and had emotions while watching her favorite movie.
But we don't know if she really understood, or if she was just mimicking.
Watch the Tim curry death scene at half speed. Trust me. 19:20
Oh God rofl
Yeeeeeaaah a few too many frames left in there
Congo has Bruce Campbell in it so it's a masterpiece.
Until he dies
There's shit in the rice pudding but Chef Gordon Ramsay took it, so it's a masterpiece.
BTW, just kidding, I know what you mean :P - but you know what I mean?
No
Am i the only one who actually liked the movie, a lot. Great cast, with great character actors to top that, interesting story,
great music, liked the tone and the cinematography of the movie.
I love it too. It not being as good as Jurassic Park is a lame criticism. Do they compare Disclosure and Rising Sun to Jurassic Park too? The books aren't remotely similar so the movies need not be either.
I liked it too.
I loved the movie
Best part of the whole movie......
"STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!"
I really hate the shitty sega saturn game based on this movie
You know that Kieran was proud of "you can't go wrongo when you're renting congo"
That Pepsi commercial played incessantly. It is burned into my brain. And it's dumb.
It took me a decade to get it out of my head, and now thanks to James it's back. Fucking hell.
"What is pat see?"
One of my childhood favorites (for whatever reason).
The apparent explanaition for the look of the gray gorillas: according to "The Winston Effect" (the book on Stan Winston Studios), the sfx crew weren't given much direction on their design. All they were told was "they're winding down genetically". That's it. So Winston Studios tried to make them look inbred, with missing digits, club feet, and the like. If this was an isolated population with no genetic input from other gorillas then inbreeding could be an issue. And Winston admits in the book that the gorillas (real and gray) were not their best work.
Dudes on point bout the pg13 Tim Curry kill. That's as good as it gets.
I was 12 yrs old when this movie came out and it genuinely scared me, and Amy was my favorite character, I always loved books/movies with extra intelligent animals. "Watchers" by Dean Koontz is one of my favorites and Amy reminds me of Einstein, the dog in that book.
Congo wasn't that bad at all. It was just over hyped and delivered a different experience than expected.
Miss rental reviews, hope they release more 🤘
The perfect movie for rental back in the day!
yeah but only when your local mom, and pop rental store had it on special as a 5 movies for 5 day for $5.
I bought congo from thriftshop for 5e just because it looked cool and I bought mdk2 and daikatana too at the same visit. Never have I played congo tho, so maybe I should
The guy from true lies? I always think of him as the coffee guy from "Dante's Peak."
Didn't he write Argo?
I have never seen Congo, but with all the production and cast it sounds like a big hit. I popular authors, big budget, good cast does not make a great movie. Probably why you do not see big name actors like you used to in movies today. The actor used to be the draw for a movie back in the day, especially in movies from the 30's through the 70's.
Ernie Hudson and Tim Curry were brilliant in this movie!
(and yes, Papa Shango was great too)
Takerlives i love me some tim curry. Ernie hudson is pretty solid also
Charles Wright who played Papa Shango
Also played The Godfather gimmick latter on.
The pinball machine they made for Congo is 100 times better than the movie, and you get enough of the plot by playing that you never need to see the real thing!
Do Anaconda!
It makes sense
Since both have famous character actors.
Both are in the jungle
This is an underrated Gem from the 90's. You talked shit and then praised it for 25 mins lol
The one guy that is Amy's carer is like a second-rate Steve Guttenberg
I always call him Discount John Cusack.
“I bless the rains down in A-a-a-africa!”
Africka*
odd flex but ok
Between this and Batman Forever...june 1995 was a pretty heartbreaking. Totally killed my Die Hard 3 buzz. Thank God for later that summer when we got Heat, Seven, and The Usual Suspects
Congo was everyone's favorite movie back in kindergarten. It was never intented to be watched by anyone older than 6 i think. Back then a lot of cool shit was made for lil kids, including pretty amazing toys. I wonder what kids have these days
I'm waiting for the day Justin and Tony come to blows
I actually like the Congo Sega Saturn game. It's exclusive and not like the one shown in this video. It's basically a Doom clone in the jungle
I wish someone would upload its OST. From what I've heard it's surprisingly good.
@@adenowirus the ost is the only good thing about the game
@@marakarthegreat It looks alright.
I'd love to see you guys talk about Hackers.
The sesame cake scene is one of the top memorable ones of all time. Right up there with the three seashells and the "ass to ass" guy from Requiem For a Dream
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?
That's just it. They weren't thinking.
@@MyFanMadeFilms ikr. No one with a brain would think a fortnite dance competition is a good idea
They nailed it on this one. It's right up there with Deep Blue Sea, The Postman, Vertical Limit... all are different yet have one thing in common.
Let's start a congo
CONGO LINE
Da da da da da DAH!
The pinball game is just amazing. Still my favorite to date. Loved the cheesiness of the movie.
I love the book by Michael chrichton, well, many of his novels.
This was a book? And written by the author of Jurassic Park, no less?!?
@@anthonyoliva7191
*YEP!!*
*DO U REMEMBER IT?!?! CAUSE IT HAPPENED*
@@anthonyoliva7191 yep, so was. Sphere, and the 13th warrior (known as eaters of the dead as the novel)
@@thatonea-hole I actually liked the movie, but of course the novel is fun as well, but more gory
I've never read any of his books, is his writing OK? Or is the Sci fi concepts and characters that draw you in? Because you know alot of Sci fi authors aren't the best writers, it's their stories and themes that make it worthwhile.
STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!!!
*MR.ROLFE!!!!!!*
*CONGO-BONGO* 🇨🇩
@@thatonea-hole *A-HOLE!!!!!!* *hugs*
@@smithwesson1896
*WHAT'S UP, SMITHY!!*
*HUGS WESSON BACK*
"Produced by Kathleen Kennedy"
Found the problem
Loweegee 33 Wow! Really?
Kathleen Kennedy co produced E.T. and Jurassic Park. And has been nominated for 8 Academy Awards. So what's the problem?
@@theangryholmesian4556 the problem is little Nazi chuds thinking they're being clever
@@dustywaynemusic6297 "Everywon I don't wike is a Natzee!"
@@kungfuman82 yes. I don't like Nazis. Why is that a controversial stance that you feel the need to waste time mocking? Unless you're a Nazi you shouldn't have a problem with it.
21:28 I really wanted to hear what Kieran had to say about Ferngully The Last Rainforest. I remember it being all over the place in the early 90's, and I eventually did see it at some point in the 90's, thought it was okay for a kids animation and quickly forgot about it. What does interest me though about Ferngully is the comparisons made with James Cameron's Avatar, since that released, people have gone as so far to say that Cameron outright plagiarised Ferngully.
Something to talk about the in the future maybe.
"Going native" is a pretty cliche story. See: Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai, Disney's Pocahontas, The 13th Warrior... I could go on, but I won't. But I could.
As an aside, check out The 13th Warrior if you haven't seen it. It's a damn good film.
@@TheSeptet my favorite movie by far. I've seen it at least as many times as Kieran has seen kick him till he's dead
My only memory of Ferngully was when we were watching it in school. The teacher stood up and said it's time to go, we can finish tomorrow. Immediately the character on the screen said "no!!! Wait!!!" And off it went lol. Perfect timing
I like this movie, it's not a masterpiece but it's quite fun.
This review really rustled my jimmies.
*CAN'T GO WRONGO WITH CONGO!*
Let go of your jimmies seek unrustlement
This one really tickled my biscuits..
@Kyros Droztamyr
*I KILLED HIM AND ATE HIS LIVER WITH A SIDE OF FOBA BEANS*
Also stole his profile pic
I don't think I've ever sat through this movie, I do recall catching bits of this movie on TV/Premium Cable, we may have rented it once, and of course I saw "Nostalgia Critic's" review of it. Definitely doesn't look quite as good as "Jurassic Park" (still haven't read the book on that one), but it looks like a fun, dumb kind of Sci-Fi B-movie with plenty of action and suspense, and not to mention the top notch Stan Winston special effects. May give this one a full watch sometime so I can fully judge it. Great episode guys.
Do "Cool World"! :)
Congo was one of my favorite movies as a kid, I still think it's an amazingly entertaining movie filled with great details.
I remember seeing this as a kid in the theater and it being terrible...and then seeing it again at the theater three more times because it was fun.
I got a double-feature book that included both Congo and Jurassic Park so I read them, and was pumped for the Congo film. Big disappointment.
Lol, I had the same book
@@3rdalbum Is the book good
Never a movie based on book will ever surpass the book
1:21 So *that's* where that clip came from.
Tim Curry always lifts turds up to a certain extend.
He's also great in Oscar (with Stallone), and has one of the best roles in Loaded Weapon 1 (VVVViiiildernezz Girllzzzz!!)
I love Loaded Weapon 1.
@@justysilverman Me too, it's probably my favorite of the 90s spoofs, Hot Shots 2 is a close second.
extent*
oh, i love that movie too.
it should get a Review here sometime.
Starring Bruce Campbell, Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson and Joe Don Baker as well
@@thatonea-hole *MONSTER MADNESS!!!*
@@smithwesson1896
*I WATCH MONSTER MADNESS EVERY YEAR FOR THE HALLOWEEN SEASON!! SO FUCK YEAH MONSTER MADNESS!!!!!!*
@Harrison Klebold I'm a werewolf
Tim Curry is the greatest actor of all time
I saw Congo in theaters when I was 7. I still like it to this day, but for different reasons.
Congo is one of my favorite cheesey 90s movies. But yeah i definitely did get a Romancing the Stone and King Solomons Mines type vibe from it even as a kid watching it. Keep up the good work guys... Love your videos
Believe it or not, but this is one of those rare instances where the book is worse than the bad movie. The book doesn't end with the escape from the mine. They escape then they're attacked by natives for some damn reason.
Taco Bell advertised the shit out of some movies. I remember having cups for Congo/ Demolition Man/ Godzilla/ the Empire Strikes Back. I think I went to see this in theaters. It's been so long that I can't even remember, but I'm sure I did.
Part of this was filmed in a shitty little city known as Utica NY. Which i lived about 10 miles outside of. That's the only reason i went to see it. I had some fun with the performances if i remember right, but yeah... pretty forgettable.
so happy that we have still a cinemassacre around the corner...
They didn't even mention the eyeball! That's all I remember about Congo
This was one of the most frightening movies to me as a kid.
I really liked this movie. Screw the haters!
I loved 99% of this movie. I saw it on release and have seen it probably 10 times. I know critically it's not a great film but it sated my want for dark adventure films when I was a kid. Now I just stop the movie as they start escaping the temple, because it goes downhill so quickly.
The only thing I never liked about the film was the ending. I thought the ending was so crappy because nothing actually gets resolved except the main actors surviving. Linney wanted to find her boyfriend but you already know he's dead. She's sent to get a diamond but she launches it off a balloon out of spite. Amy is irresponsibly rereleased into the wild despite spending most of her life in captivity. Like anyone with a basic Animal Planet education knows that was her death sentence.
There's a *Fortnite Dancing Contest*
I'd love to see you all review Slipstream. It's starring Bill Paxton and Bob Peck, the villain is Mark Hamil, the music from the guy from ghostbusters, the director from tron, the producer from the empire strikes back, cameos from robbie coltraine, ben kingsly, and f murray abraham, and and somehow it still sucked so hard lol
lol that edit on the hot air balloon, priceless