The last time we saw Daniel Radcliffe out in the wild, he was farting his way through “Swiss Army Man.” In “Jungle,” however, things get a bit more real in this survival tale, that’s based on a true story.
Directed by Greg Mclean (“Wolf Creek,” “The Belko Experiment“), the film is based on the memoir by Yossi Ghinsberg, and follows a young man who takes a bold adventure in the rainforest, but makes the fatal mistake of trusting the wrong man. Here’s the synopsis:
In the early 1980s, 22-year-old Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg and two friends – Swiss teacher Marcus Stamm and American photographer Kevin Gale – set off from the Bolivian city of La Paz on what was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. Leading the way into the uncharted Amazon was an Austrian expat named Karl Ruprechter, who had met the friends just days before and claimed to be familiar with the region. But their dream trip soon turned into a wilderness nightmare from which not all of the men returned.
“It’s about this guy that got lost in the jungle and survived on his own for three weeks,” Radcliffe told EW. “It’s testing everybody: the crew, myself, everyone. It’s a very intense but a very seriously fun shoot.”
Co-starring Alex Russell, Joel Jackson and Thomas Kretschmann, “Jungle” opens on in theaters, on demand, and digital HD on October 20th.