# The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck

The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck is a 1988 Sri Lankan-American adventure comedy film directed by and starring David Keith.

## Short Synopsis

Ken Manchester takes his new bride Barbara Manchester into the wild jungles of Boloero where he's dying to impress her with his hunting skills. Barbara finds the whole thing ridiculous preferring the comforts of Club Med but Ken wants an adventure they both will never forget. He's about to get more than he bargained for.
When their guide dies in a freak accident, they both hook up with the legendary Buck Malone. Permanent stubble, a knife that has skinned a thousand crocs, an exotic amulet round his neck and a grin that flashes brightest in the face of danger. Ken is thrilled to be with such a famous guide - here's the ticket to the time of their lives.
But deep in the jungle Ken's reckless hunting attracts a pack of hungry natives. Only their not after Ken's game as they're cannibals and they're after Ken himself. Barbara and Buck sneak into the cannibal's village to rescue him but they too are captured and tied to the stake. The cannibals cut Ken free as they are going to hunt him for sport. Ken yells to Barbara that he'll come back and save her but Buck knows better. Later that evening the natives return with only Ken's head.
The Chief of the tribe tries to seduce the fair skinned Barbara but she resists. So he has his maidens take Barbara to his hut to prepare her as his new woman. The maidens strip Barbara of all of her clothes which include her belt, boots, trousers, shirt and pants then pin her down onto the Chief's bed. There, she is given an oil massage by the maidens who feel Barbara up covering her whole naked body from face to toe in oil. They spend a long while preparing Barbara working her up into a frenzy until the Chief comes in with Ken's head. The maidens leave and the Chief throws Ken's head at the helpless Barbara. The Chief then brutally sexually assaults Barbara (who has little fight left in her) long into the night.
After a few days of being tied to the stake, Buck manages to free himself and when one of the natives see the amulet he's wearing the whole tribe freezes. They think it's magic - whoever wears it will have miraculous luck, and whoever kills the bearer will die a horrible death. The Chief must have this amulet!
Taking advantage of this confusion, Buck manages to escape taking the traumatised Barbara with him, and now the tribe are out to hunt Buck down and recapture Barbara. Both are now running for their lives hoping to make it back to civilisation with the cannibal tribe in hot pursuit.

## Cast

* David Keith as Buck Malone
* Kathy Shower as Barbara Manchester
* Brant Van Hoffman as Ken Manchester
* Sydney Lassick as Wolfgang Meyer
* Somy Rathnayake
* Sumith Mudannayake
* Pearl Vasudevi
* Piyadasa Wijekoon as Tribe chief

## Reception

Todd Sussman, reviewing for The Miami News, says that it is unclear whether the movie is a comedy or an action thriller, but concludes that either way, it is terrible and "possibly this year's worst film". The Los Angeles Times call it a "pathetic little porno-comic-adventure".
Leonard Maltin awarded the film two and a half stars.