London, 1916: after stealing a precious arrowhead from a company of geographers, botanist Lily Houghton leaves with her brother MacGregor for the Amazon forest to look for an ancient tree with extraordinary healing properties. The great adventure is the protagonist of Rai 4 prime time today. At 9.20pm the Walt Disney blockbuster will be broadcast Jungle Cruise (2021), a tightrope action film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
The Spanish director of Paradise Beach And The man on the traintakes inspiration from a popular Disneyland attraction to give life to the most worthy of heirs to Pirates of the Caribbean. Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt play Captain Frank Wolff and the fearless scientist Lily Houghton in search of a very precious tree hidden in the wild nature of the Amazon rainforest. In the early twentieth century, Lily leaves London to arrive in the jungle with her brother McGregor (Jack Whitehall) where she relies on the questionable services of Frank who takes her along the river on her ramshackle boat. The two explorers must find a mythical tree, with unparalleled miraculous abilities, which has the power to change the future of medicine. Dangers of all kinds: ferocious animals, indigenous tribes, supernatural forces and evil rival scientists threaten the expedition of the unlikely and funny couple who, between chases and twists, will do everything to save the fate of humanity. Also in the cast are Paul Giamatti and Jesse Plemons.
