Good
gorillas meet bad gorillas while human beings search for treasure in this
jungle advnture saga. R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker) is the ruthless head of
Travi-Com, a telecommunications firm on the cusp of a major breakthrough in
laser communications technology. However, Travis needs diamonds to finish
the project, so he sends a group of men to Zaire, where he's told that a
large supply of the gems can be easily found. When the men go missing,
Travis sends his trusted assistant Karen Ross (Laura Linney), a one-time CIA
associate, into the jungle to find both his staff and the jewels. Hoping to
keep her mission a secret, Karen travels to Zaire in the company of Peter
(Dylan Walsh), a researcher on primate development who is hoping to return
Amy, a gorilla who has been taught sign language and can "speak" English
with the help of a glove-controlled computer device. Also travelling with
them is Herkermer (Tim Curry), a Romanian with a secret agenda: he's
convinced that Amy can guide him to the Lost City of Zinj, where he believes
that King Solomon's Mines are located. Upon arrival, the group is met by
Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), a self-described "great white hunter who
happens to be black," and they discover that the jungle holds a menace that
they weren't counting on: a tribe of bloodthirsty gray gorillas. Congo was
based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Michael Crichton.| Dylan Walsh | Peter Elliot |
| Laura Linney | Dr. Karen Ross |
| Ernie Hudson | Monroe Kelly |
| Tim Curry | Herkermer Homolka |
| Grant Heslov | Richard |
| Joe Don Baker | R.B. Travis |
| Stuart Pankin | Boyd |
| Joel Weiss | Travicom Employee |
| Taylor Nichols | Jeffrey Weems |
| William John Murphy | Transport Worker |
| Carolyn Seymour | Eleanor Romy |
| Philip Tan | Gorilla |
| Romy Rosemont | Eleanor Romy's Assistant |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | Moira |
| James Paradise | Transport Worker |
| Joe Pantoliano | |
| Lawrence T. Wrentz | Arliss Wender |
| Jimmy Buffett | 727 pilot |
| John Cameron | Gorilla |
| Bruce Campbell | Charles Travis |
| Thom Barry | Samahani |
| David Anthony | Gorilla |
| Jim Karen | College President |
| Peter Jason | Mr Janus |
| Nicholas Kadi | Gorilla |
| Kathleen Connors | Sally |
| John Hawkes | Bob Driscol |
| Peter Elliott | Gorilla |
Genre/Type - Adventure, Action, Jungle Film, Adventure Drama
Produced by - Paramount
Running time - 108 min.