In 1950, in Africa. Tom organizes safaris for tourists, secretly equipping them with guns loaded with blanks. When Slim, Tom's cousin—a sly slacker and staunch environmentalist—arrives, the two men come into conflict with Jack Ormond, a local animal trafficker. A doctor, a friend of the duo, denounces Mr. Ormond's exploitation of animals in a newspaper, prompting Ormond to send his henchmen to destroy the clinic where the good doctor practices. But at the medical facility, Ormond's henchmen find Tom and Slim waiting for them, and in the blink of an eye, the two cousins wipe out these thugs in a brawl. Ormond then tries to bribe the two cousins, and when that fails, has them imprisoned for a theft they never committed. After escaping from prison, the two men rush toward Ormond's ship, beating the merchant's men to a pulp...
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I'm for the Hippopotamus was released in 1979 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed I'm for the Hippopotamus a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 64%, I'm for the Hippopotamus is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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