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Homo Erectus
Rating: 2 Stars
Produced and directed by Tony Alizzi. Videography by Jett Blakk and Ed Maxxx. Edited by Ann Igma. Music by Sharon Kane. Starring Jason Branch, Steve Ross, Matt Bradshaw, Damian Ford, Jay Bergman, Sam Dixon, and Joey Russo.
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"I've spent my life trying to prove that humans evolved from primates!" cries anthropologist Jason Branch. He's leading a six-man expedition through the nonexistent jungles of South Africa in search of a living specimen of homo erectus, the link between early hominids and homo sapiens. The expedition members think they occupy a higher rung on the evolutionary ladder than homo erectus, but as you listen to their dialogue, you may wonder.

Peering furtively through the ferns, Homo watches these scientific interlopers getting it on in pairs. Intrigued, he swipes a container of lube, then ambushes its owner, hot newcomer Steve Ross, for some hands-on experience. Later, Homo is captured and caged. Theologian Sam Dixon, tagging along as the Vatican's watchdog, warns his safari mates about the "worldwide theological consequences" of bagging Homo, whom he calls an "abomination sent to test our faith." When Dixon tries to set Homo free, the melee results in a choppily edited seven-man orgy.

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The real abomination here is the script, whose uncredited author may or may not have opposable thumbs. Its ethical debates evoke the immortal Ed Wood. No one on the set appears to have known that humans are primates, or that the Catholic Church made its peace with evolution in the 1950s. The prevailing brainlessness upstages the action, but some of the sex is still pungent. In the title role, Joey Russo is a white, buffed Tarzan clone with salon-coddled hair and a goofy loincloth. But he's blessed with nothing to say except "Ngahh!" and "Wugh," and he tackles his sexual chores with aplomb.