The Lost Tribe

The Lost Tribe
Review By Sharon Foss

The Lost Tribe is about evolution. Director Roel Reine and writer Mark E. Davidson tackle the age-old question that has been asked by both church and state since the dawn of man. Where do we come from? According to this movie, Darwin was right.

The flick begins during an archeological dig, which uncovers a skull that isn’t quite human, yet isn’t quite animal. This isn’t something that others want discovered, however, and you see the great lengths that are taken to hide what is uncovered on this remote island.

Gaze over at the unsuspecting group of friends on a boat, having a grand time, heading to a lush resort where they will enjoy a fantastic vacation. They are derailed, however, when a lone swimmer is found near their boat, bleeding and screaming. They take him in, intent on getting to help, but in his crazed stupor, he stupidly steers the boat right into the island he was running away from.

So here they are, on this seemingly deserted island. Yet, when they find their lone swimmer suddenly dead, everything beings to unravel. They start hearing things. They discover the tools from the previous archeological group, and more importantly, they find the link that ties everything together.

Scientists on the island discovered that genetic mutation caused evolution, and as they began uncovering findings to support this, there were others who did not want that truth uncovered. Not surprisingly, those who did not want this truth to get out is the church, who would lose followers, and money, once people finally woke up to the truth that man evolved not from an act of divinity, but from a mutated evolution.

While this truth is trying to be hidden on the island by the church, a second, more alarming truth is something far more dreadful. The creatures that man evolved from, known as The Lost Tribe, are still walking the earth and live on this island. And they’re hungry.

But now, the group is down to one lone fighter. Anna (Emily Foxler) is alone with the tribe. The tribe creatures aren’t meek and they aren’t pretty. They actually are a strange combination of Jim Carrey’s Grinch and the Predator rolled into big, dreadlocked hairy beasts.

The story takes a familiar turn with Anna at one point, similar to The Descent. She enters a cave where the creatures dwell, trying to find her friends and her love, Tom (Nick Mennell). Here Anna has to make a tough decision, one tougher than deciding her own fate.

Who will prevail? The Lost Tribe is a story of man vs. creature, nature vs. nurture and God vs. science all rolled into one. The creatures are believable and the fear is real, making The Lost Tribe a worthy viewing.

With a simple storyline that delves into the complexity of evolution with an intelligence similar movies can’t quite get to the root of, The Lost Tribe is a thrill ride that will take your breath away as you root for the heroine.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811124/