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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Congo is a 1995 action/adventure film (with a slight comedic streak) based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Crichton (of Jurassic Park fame).An expedition to the titular Congo on telecommunications company Travi-Com's part to develop a laser weapon ends in disaster when the party is slain by an unseen threat. Dr. Karen Ross (Laura Linney), who used to be the fiancee of one of the members of the party, is sent by her boss, R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker) to investigate the incident and retrieve the weapon.Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Elliott (Dylan Walsh), a primatologist, has invented a device that translates sign-language into audible English, and by doing so has given his pet gorilla, Amy, the ability to speak (she is voiced by Shayna Fox). Amy has been having nightmares, so Peter resolves to take her back to her birthplace in the Congo. At first he is unable to find funding, but then Romanian philanthropist Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry) grants it. It is revealed that Herkermer has an ulterior motive; to find the mythical lost city of Zinj, said to contain an ample diamond mine. Peter, Amy, Herkermer, and Peter's friend Richard (Grant Heslov) meet with Karen and head for Africa. Once there, they meet their guide, Captain Munro Kelly (Ernie Hudson), and embark on the expedition.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Along the way, they encounter Zaire soldiers, hippopotami, and finally the city of Zinj itself, guarded by a pack of killer gorillas responsible for its elusiveness and for the initial expedition's slaughter.Not to be confused with the 1932 film Kongo. For the two nations frequently called The Congo, see Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic Of The Congo. | |
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Action Survivor: Dr Elliot is the only member of the expedition that survives all the way through the film that has absolutely no idea of how to fight (and when he gets his hands on an Uzi, he needs help clearing out a jam). | |
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Adaptation Explanation Extrication: The book explains that the same properties the company wants made them worthless to the original inhabitants, who abandoned the site when the gems they actually wanted were exhausted and left their trained attack gorillas to go feral. In the movie they just left the diamonds lying around and also there are killer gorillas for no reason. Turned Against Their Masters: The explanation given in The Movie is that the gorilla guards got a little overzealous in their defense of the diamonds and killed the humans who were mining them. | |
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Turned Against Their Masters: The explanation given in The Movie is that the gorilla guards got a little overzealous in their defense of the diamonds and killed the humans who were mining them. | |
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Action Girl: Karen Ross kicks serious ass in the movie. In the novel she's an Ice Queen who becomes overly focused on her goal and inadvertently sets off the volcano. | |
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