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My review was written in August 1989 after watching the film on Orion/Nelson video cassette.

This South African thriller, released direct-to-video in the U. S., apes the format of "Romancing the Stone" with very minor results.

Slade is played in easygoing fashion by Patrick Dollaghan: a soldier-of-fortune hired by bad guys in the African nation of Kungola to kidnap U. S. reporter Lisa Brady. She's getting too close to exposing corruption involving U. N. food shipments to the country, and all sorts of folks, good guys and heavies, want to keep the problem unde4r wraps.

Trekking across the veldt, Dollaghan and Brady develop the usual romantic sparring routine. Odd touch of Brady supposedly blinded during the kidnapping is awkwardly handled. Having a group of albino blacks called "the Hunting Dogs" pursuing the duo is a tasteless script element.

Film suffers from a shortage of large-scale action until an exciting stunt climax staged across a vast gorge. Cast is nondescript with toothy beauty Brady not very convincing in her line readings.