Review – Quest for Fire

Apparently ultra realism isn't all that great an asset in a caveman movie. After their precious fire goes out, a tribe of prehistoric folk sends three of their number in search of a fresh spark. The trio has several adventures along the way, including conflicts with other tribes both more and less civilized than their own. The production is notable primarily for its unflinching devotion to portraying every gritty reality of life at the time, including plenty of unsavory caveman sex and not a word of any known language. I was drawn in primarily by the language angle, as whatever the characters did speak was designed by author and linguist Anthony Burgess. Frankly, it wasn't as interesting as I'd hoped. Mildly amusing