Initiation (1987)

After the death of his mother, teenage Danny visits his father Matt Malloy on a lonesome farm in Australia, where he lives with a girlfriend and her daughter Stevie. The farm has been going bad lately, so Matt starts smuggling Marijuana for a drug connection. When Danny joins him on one of his flights, the two-seater crashes in the middle of nowhere. Since his father is wounded, he has to conquer the jungle alone in search for help.

Released June 20, 1987 92 min 15+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Keywords: imdb.child-in-jeopardy, imdb.australia, imdb.drug-smuggling, imdb.outback, imdb.wilderness, imdb.survival, imdb.desert + 24 more, imdb.wallaby, imdb.koala, imdb.stranger-in-a-strange-land, imdb.fish-out-of-water, imdb.rite-of-passage, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.airplane-crash, imdb.airplane, imdb.drug-dealer, imdb.spiritual-guide, imdb.occult, imdb.aboriginal, imdb.stepbrother-stepsister-relationship, imdb.stepmother-stepson-relationship, imdb.search-for-father, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.brooklyn-new-york-city, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.american-abroad, imdb.death-of-mother, imdb.independent-film, imdb.the-outback-australia, aspectratio.1-78-1