mark

Mark steps off the well-traveled trail and keeps going—deeper into the jungle until he’s lost and it’s getting dark. Barefoot hunters surround him a few days later—members of an uncontacted tribe who force Mark back to their village—force him to carry firewood the next day—then plants and animals harvested from the jungle each day after that. Suddenly he’s a slave to a prehistoric tribe—beaten and exploited until nearly all hope is lost.

Eventually a battle is fought against a neighboring tribe and Mark distinguishes himself in combat—protects the tribe and is allowed to keep a machete they’d somehow pulled out of the jungle—a tool he uses to eventually escape with his son, daughter and his daughter’s mother—pulled by a fisherman from a river days later as Mark nearly reaches his breaking point. They’re given food and water and a phone to call for help—starting the long process of returning home—Mark not realizing yet the fight of his life has only just begun.