Rezension: Africa Express
This being 1975, Africans are relegated to bit parts in their own movies, and there’s periodic breaks for wild-life photography and a garishly upbeat score. If it wasn’t for the causal racism and goggle-eyed misogyny, Africa Express might be a good family film, which was presumably the intention. Instead, Michele Lopo’s film is something of a time-capsule of attitudes it was acceptable to have in the 1970’s.
Andress does the best here, enjoying the chance to play a driven character while not eschewing a smidge of glamour. This film might seem obscure, but it presumably made enough money to justify a sequel the following year, Safari Express.