Tragic Jungle

Name: Tragic Jungle
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: June 9, 2021
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Cornelius McLaren, Dale Carley, Eligio Meléndez, Gabino Rodríguez, Gilberto Barraza

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 9, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Cornelius McLaren, Dale Carley, Eligio Meléndez, Gabino Rodríguez, Gilberto Barraza, Gildon Roland, Ian Flowers, Indira Rubie Andrewin, Mariano Tun Xool, Shantai Obispo

Summary: 1920, on the border between Mexico and Belize. Deep in the Mayan jungle, a lawless territory where myths abound, a group of Mexican gum workers cross paths with Agnes, a mysterious young Belizean woman. Her presence incites tension among the men, arousing their fantasies and desires. Filled with new vigor, they face their destiny, without1920, on the border between Mexico and Belize. Deep in the Mayan jungle, a lawless territory where myths abound, a group of Mexican gum workers cross paths with Agnes, a mysterious young Belizean woman. Her presence incites tension among the men, arousing their fantasies and desires. Filled with new vigor, they face their destiny, without knowing that they have woken up Xtabay, a legendary being that lurks in the heart of the jungle.… Expand

Director: Yulene Olaizola

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Polygon Roxana Hadadi

Jun 10, 2021

Through the alien beauty of its visuals, Andrewin’s hidden-waters-run-deep performance, and its increasingly tense atmosphere, Tragic Jungle casts an unsettling spell. Read full review

Jake Cole

Sep 22, 2020

It operates in an ambiguous register, suggesting that a woman is working in unison with nature to dole out revenge for their exploitation. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Sep 28, 2020

What Olaizola does best is create an atmosphere of almost mystical uncertainty at times, setting her film in a place where the frontiers between countries, cultures, reality, folklore, past and present are in constant flux. Read full review

Lawrence Garcia

Jun 9, 2021

More conceptual than intuitive, Tragic Jungle offers the problem without the passion: a journey into the heart of darkness without the thrill of the unknown. Read full review

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alejandro970

Jun 27, 2021

La selva maya como un escenario en el que la línea que separa la leyenda con la realidad, y el cómo una mujer que huye de un matrimonio forzado se vuelve un contrapeso entre ambos. Como es de suponer, no es para espectadores sedientos de acción; pero aún así tiene su atractivo visual.

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bertobellamy

Jun 10, 2021

"Selva Tragica" is a step forward after the soporific "Epitaph"; However Yulene Olaizola once again shows more interest in the story than in her characters.

The premise is extremely intriguing: in the 1920s, a group of Mexican gum workers meets a mysterious Belizean woman, who arouses"Selva Tragica" is a step forward after the soporific "Epitaph"; However Yulene Olaizola once again shows more interest in the story than in her characters.

The premise is extremely intriguing: in the 1920s, a group of Mexican gum workers meets a mysterious Belizean woman, who arouses tension and lust among them. The movie seems to start as Agnes' adventure into the unknown; strangely, her character is diluted as the plot progresses, until she is reduced to the mystical symbol that she represents.

The atmosphere that Olaizola and her team create - filming on location - stands out, since something like this is rarely seen in Mexican cinema; but the story, in general, doesn't quite work out.

You can appreciate Olaizola's desire to do something different - a western in the jungle! - and although, again, his story is based on guys walking from one place to another while losing their minds, allusions to the brutality of capitalism and machismo paint a historical panorama that cannot be set aside.… Expand

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