Lost in the Wild

Lost in the Wild

Lost in the Wild
List Price: $7.98
Our Price: $1.89
You Save: $6.09 (76%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.75 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases


(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Jennifer Lopez, Robert Loggia
Brand: First Look Pictures
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: First Look Pictures

Movie Reviews of Lost in the Wild

Movie Review: Entertaining, although obvious. Many fine actresses.
Summary: 4 Stars

This is an early 1990s TV movie (hence, it's full screen). It hits all the usual emotional buttons.

As four student nurses fly to a clinic in the Mexican jungle, along with some doctors, one of their three planes crashes. The other two planes land. Then the nurses and remaining doctors must find the group that went down, treat them, and arrange to fly them out to an advanced American hospital.

This film is full of cliches and stereotypes. Poor but noble peasants who are honest and generous with their meager belongings rally to help the doctors who helped them. Corrupt Mexican soldiers and government officials are callously indifferent to the doctors' plight. Evil drug lords lurk menacingly in the jungle, posing a potential threat to the doctors. Banditos rob the downed plane. Mexican-American student nurse Jennifer Lopez visits a local Catholic church, lighting a candle, to the warmly smiling approval of the poor villagers.

One patient "dies." Two doctors declare him dead. But a gutsy, spunky student nurse refuses to accept that, and she manages to revive the patient, proving herself smarter than the doctors! (Give me a break!)

This is a predictable film, and hard to believe it's all true. It's supposedly based on a true story, but I suspect they embellished heavily.

Still, it has many good actresses. Lindsay Wagner is the star; she plays an older student nurse who went back to college after divorcing her doctor-husband. She worries that others think she's too old. Farrah Forke is another nurse. Some may remember her as "Alex" from the WINGS sitcom. And it's always nice to see Jennifer Lopez. She has a small cliched role as another nurse, one who ruminates about her Mexican roots (her poor peasant father had immigrated from Mexico, and she's the first of her family to go into medicine).

Contrary to the DVD cover, Jennifer Lopez's part is small. Although this is an ensemble film, Lindsay Wagner is the lead star; Lopez is a minor supporting player.

An enjoyable TV movie, if you like the actresses and don't mind the cliches.

Summary of Lost in the Wild

LOST IN THE WILD - DVD Movie
Similar DVD Movies
The Back-Up Plan ImageThe Back-Up Plan
SON; Release date: 2010-08-24; DVD
Best price: $4.69
Price in other shops: $19.99
El Cantante ImageEl Cantante
NEW Line Home Video; Release date: 2007-10-30; DVD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops: $14.96
The Two Worlds Of Jennie Logan (MGM Limited Edition Collection) ImageThe Two Worlds Of Jennie Logan (MGM Limited Edition Collection)
Allied; Release date: 2010-08-12; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops: $19.98
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel ImageThe Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Sony; Release date: 2011-03-04; Published: 2010-08-16; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $20.95
Shattered Dreams ImageShattered Dreams
Lions Gate; Release date: 2003-12-16; DVD
Best price: $4.40
Price in other shops: $9.98
U Turn ImageU Turn
PENN,SEAN; Release date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $4.28
Price in other shops: $9.99
An Unfinished Life ImageAn Unfinished Life
LGF; Release date: 2011-04-26; DVD
Best price: $5.79
Price in other shops: $14.98
Angel Eyes ImageAngel Eyes
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2001-10-16; DVD
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops: $14.98
Enough ImageEnough
Sony; Release date: 2002-10-08; DVD
Best price: $7.86
Price in other shops: $14.99
Bordertown ImageBordertown
Image Entertainment; Release date: 2008-01-29; Published: 2008-01-01; DVD
Best price: $4.95
Price in other shops: $14.98
Compare prices and read customer reviews for more than one million DVD titles.
Oscar 2005 Winners