Savage Island

Synopsis: Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Ted Nicolaou
Production: Empire
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
3.5
R
Year:
1985
74 min
65 Views


(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(WOMEN WHISPERING)

WOMAN:
Oh, God.

(WEEPING)

God.

Oh, my God.

(SCREAMING)

Please, God. Help, please.

Help!

Mercy.

(CONTINUES SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING STOPS)

Miss, would you sign in, please?

Miss, everyone has to sign in.

Hey, you, come here!

Miss Daly?

Mr. Luker's expecting me.

(BUZZING)

Miss Daly's here.

Miss Daly!

At last we meet.

How do you do?

May I offer you some espresso,

cappuccino, chardonnay?

No, thank you. I'm fine.

If we could maybe just...

Getting down to business, huh?

I can tell you're a woman

who drives a hard bargain.

What a marvelous piece

you are wearing.

I'm sure you will be most

impressed with my selection.

I've collected some exquisite

stones for your perusal.

Is there something wrong?

What the...

Sit down.

Sit down!

What is it you want?

Jewels? Money?

Who the hell are you?

Let's just say

a dissatisfied ex-employee.

Well,

I am certain I have never

met you before in my life.

Whatever the problem is, I'm...

I'm sure we can

straighten it out.

I was your slave, Mr. Luker.

Me and a hundred other women

down in South America.

Digging up your precious

emeralds with our bare hands!

I don't know what you

are talking about.

I procure my emeralds

through middlemen.

Middlemen whorun the prison.

And promise inmates

shorter sentences

in exchangefor hard labor.

What they don't tell you is that

one week on your Emerald Island

is like a thousand years in

the shittiest South American hole!

You're a raving lunatic!

Maybe so. Thanks to you.

I swore when I got out

of there I'd get even.

It took me two years to do this,

and as of today,

no more Emerald Island.

Curious, huh?

Well, I'm gonna tell you

all about it.

Every last detail.

The beginning of the end

was four days ago.

The day the boat brought

in the new prisoners.

Only one of them was a plant.

And she worked for me.

It's been a long time.

Think I could have a hit?

It smells so good, Sarge.

Nah, she's just a baby.

Wouldn't like it.

Green meat. You know

what I'm talking about?

Give her time. She'll be

ripe soon. Apple a day.

Here, I'm going forward.

Take the tiller, Tomas.

Tomas, I'm going up there.

Okay.

LORNA:
Hey, captain, how much

longer on the jungle cruise?

I'm getting seasick.

Oh, won't be long now.

This happens to be a river.

DALY:
It was the

same setup as usual.

Four soldiers and two boat crew.

And the captain, Orinoko.

I never could figure out why

Orinoko did your dirty work

bringing in the new prisoners,

taking out your emeralds.

He wasn't a cruel bastard

like the rest of your men.

I guess he and his crew

just did it for the money.

Like any good mercenaries.

(COUGHS)

Got a little fire down below,

huh? (CHUCKLES)

This stuff is rotten.

It's putrid, like this jungle.

Give me that bottle, duchess.

(GRUNTS) Ahoy.

Ruiz, take that.

You feel better now?

WOMAN:
My throat's on fire.

It'll pass.

Want a slugof this, Tomas?

Hmm.

What's your name?

Maria.

What're you in for?

For stealing diamonds from

a fat old b*tch

and her sex-starved husband.

I belonged to a gang, see.

Diamonds, gold.

Whatever paid well.

I didn't really doso bad.

I did okay.

Come on, Tomas. We gotta be off

the river by nightfall.

Let's go. Keep an eye

on forward, Ruiz.

I'll watch the stern.

DALY:
Crossing the jungle to

meet the boat when it docked

was my other partner, Laredo,

and his gang of jewel thieves.

The plan was for them

to kill the guards

and force Orinoko to lead them

to the prison camp.

What we hadn't figured on

was running into one of

the armed squads

that patrol your jungle.

Hold it.

It's this way.

Stay close. Follow me.

LAREDO:
Spread out, it's an ambush!

(GROANING)

(MEN SHOUTING)

MAN 1:
Where are they?

I can't see them!

MAN 2:
Got one over there!

Look over there!

There's only a couple more!

There's another one! Get him!

PACO:
(WEAKLY)

Laredo. I got shot!

Laredo.

Paco, where were you hit?

Here.

Most of Laredo's men

were killed in the ambush.

His best friend, Paco,

got hit in the shoulder.

It slowed them down,

but they carried Paco with them,

hoping to find someone

who knew how to extract a bullet.

Orinoko docked for the night,

and let his group into

the jungle to his regular campsite.

Well, here we are.

Home sweet home.

So, this is where we're going

to bed down tonight, ladies.

Sleep tight.

Tomas, come on! What?

Make yourself useful.

Break out the double beds

for these ladies.

You know, the feather

mattresses, everything.

That's it.

Now, Achilles, I think

I'll retire for the night.

Tomas, wake me up around 07:00.

Hmm.

And don't forget the bacon and eggs

and a cup of scalding hot coffee.

Oh, I'll remember, captain.

Not too bad.

Nothing like clean sheets.

(EXHALING)

Maria went to work on

the head guard.

Well, well.

I'd better go with her.

I am responsible for her, you know.

Oh, sure thing, Sarge.

But if you need a little help,

I'll be right with you.

You talk too much, old man.

I don't like your jokes.

Remember who's in charge.

You watch your step,

or you'll answer to me.

Now, you listen, Sergeant.

And listen good.

Tomas works for me.

I'll take care of my crew.

You stick to guarding the prisoners.

You got it?

Can I have just one puff?

Is that all you want, Maria, huh?

Mmm. Like silk.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

You like it, huh?

Yes.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

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Ted Nicolaou

Ted Nicolaou is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.After graduating from the University of Texas film program, he joined the crew of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as a sound recordist. Later, he joined Charles Band's Empire Pictures, where he worked as an editor on such films as Ghoulies (1985) and eventually debuted as a director with The Dungeonmaster (1985) and TerrorVision (1986).His most famous directorial effort is the Subspecies film series. Apart from his feature film projects, he also works in television. more…

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