Sure, I had never even heard about this 2018 movie titled "Amazon Hot Box" prior to stumbling upon it by sheer random chance here in 2025. And given the fact it was a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to check it out and give it a fair chance.
The storyline in "Amazon Hot Box", as written by James Bickert - whom also directed the movie, turned out to be fair enough. I mean, it was simplistic and felt like a watered-down light version of a 1970s exploitation movie. Needless to say that you're not in for an evening of award-winning material here, should you opt to watch "Amazon Hot Box". But hey, at least the movie was made by someone with a love for exploitation movies.
The movie actually did have some familiar faces on the cast list, yeah I watch way too many questionable movies, I know. I was familiar with Tristan Risk and Jordan Phipps of the entire cast ensemble. The acting performances were fair enough for a movie such as this. Again, you're not going to be in for anything extraordinary.
The effects in the movie were actually better than you would expect for a movie such as this.
It looked and felt like a rather ambitious home-movie project. But it was actually pulled off well enough. Though it was not even remotely close to taking place in the Amazones, nor in a jungle Hell-hole.
It should be noted that the movie's cover was actually over-selling the movie by a landslide.
My rating of writer and director James Bickert's 2018 movie "Amazon Hot Box" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
