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The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck

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4.1/10 • 18

1988-04-291h 28m

ActionAdventureComedyHorror

Headhunters! Cannibals! Killers! And if he survives... love.

Ken Manchester and his beautiful rich wife Barbara Manchester hire the drunk adventurer Buck Malone to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. However, the true purpose of the expedition was not just hunting.

Directors
David Keith
Editors
Anthony Redman

Top Billed Cast

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  1. David Keith

    David Keith

    Buck Malone

  2. Kathy Shower

    Kathy Shower

    Barbara Manchester

  3. Brant von Hoffman

    Brant von Hoffman

    Ken Manchester

  4. Tiziana Stella

    Tiziana Stella

    Che

  5. Sydney Lassick

    Sydney Lassick

    Wolfgang Meyer

  6. Stephen Davis

    Stephen Davis

    Argo

  7. Sillaiyoor Selvarajan

    Sillaiyoor Selvarajan

    Sinaga

  8. Pearl Vasudevi

    Pearl Vasudevi

    Chief's Mother

  9. Tracy Hutchinson

    Tracy Hutchinson

    Tribal Dancing Woman

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Wuchak

Jun 8, 2025

4/10

David Keith in an Indy Jones knockoff A rich Caucasian couple vacationing in Borneo (which looks suspiciously like Sri Lanka) hires a famous hunter to take them up a river where dangerous headhunters dwell. Shot in 1987 and released in 1988, “The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck” is a ‘B’ imitation of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” along the lines of "King Solomon's Mines" (1985) and "Firewalker.” Regrettably, it’s easily the least of these. It starts off entertaining enough, but the second half devolves into dull activities in the deep jungle, which the creators try to spice up with nudity and a rape sequence involving the character played by statuesque blonde Kathy Shower. There’s also a beheading scene reminiscent of “Apocalypse Now.” Shower is effective enough, yet comes across as a low budget version of Kate Capshaw in “Temple of Doom.” It’s brunette Tiziana Stella as Che who’s the real highlight in the feminine department; with a nod to Patricia Zanetti as Monique. Unfortunately, both are absent after the first act. The plot was ripped off from Louis L'Amour’s “The Diamond of Jeru,” which was made into a ‘B’ movie in 2001 with Billy Zane, Keith Carradine and Paris Jefferson. That one’s not flip like this juvenile flick, but takes the material seriously and has mature themes. I don’t mind the ‘fun’ spirit of this movie; it’s just that it loses its mojo after the first half. Still, the jungle locations are great and Keith is surprisingly good in the titular role. It runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Sri Lanka. GRADE: C/C-

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English
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