The setting of "The Medicine Man" is the Amazon Rainforest, where the eccentric Dr.

Robert
Campbell (Sean Connery), a biochemist conducting field research, has made his home. He
has unintentionally discovered the treatment for cancer from a flower extract that grows wild
in the rainforest while researching the Tribal Witch Doctor (Angelo Barra Moreira) and
making friends with the locals. Prior to the commercial loggers entering the scene and
destroying his prospects for a cure, he receives help from Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco)
in his futile attempts to recreate the recipe. Dr. Crane travels to the jungle with the intention
of canceling the project's research grant because Dr. Campbell has been difficult to work
with.With remorse and regret from a previous study trip, Morcara enters the jungle where his
work takes on a life of its own as a way of escaping reality and making up for the destruction
he witnessed. It was fascinating to observe how the Indians welcomed him into their "circle,"
assimilated his medical expertise, and combined it with their folklore and home cures. They
learned to trust him and refer to him as the Medicine Man since he was so protective of the
tribe and respected their traditions.

The film was made available on February 7, 1992. His voice is always a pleasure to hear.
I've seen him in more powerful roles, but I don't think anyone could replace Lorraine Bracco
in that role.The experienced pass on their knowledge and wisdom to the naïve.I like the
director's environmental message. The views from the treetops, the journey through the
jungle, and the waterfalls were all beautiful. It is fantastic when natural materials may be
used to treat human ailments or when someone can survive in the jungle by exploiting the
local ecosystem. Everything demonstrates how everything genuinely depends on the earth's
natural creation, from which it originated. In this film, a wide range of character
characteristics are combined.

However, everything turns out well in the end. The physician, Dr. Campbell, was a very
intelligent man who joined the tribe after arriving in the bush. He had a new nickname after
staying there for some time. Why? he made a child feel better by giving him Alka Seltzer.
Since that was his own viewpoint that he adopted as the true medicine man, the other
medicine man was not particularly pleased with Dr. Campbell. But eventually, there was a
young child who was gravely ill, and as they were seeking for the other medicine man in the
bush, they ran into him.A fight was called for Dr. Campbell to attend. However, Dr. Campbell
had to concede the victory to the medicine man if the young patient was to recover. Which
he did, with assistance from the medicine man. There are some clashing personalities, as I
already mentioned. Crane was dispatched to the jungle to assist Dr. Campbell in his
research towards a cancer treatment.

Throughout the first half of the film, there was absolutely no chemistry between these two
characters. But after they started agreeing on the same things with regard to the research,
they got along better. When researching the cancer, they employed guinea pigs.They would
give them cancer to study, then administer a serum to treat it while watching to see what
would happen. Crane and the two researchers gained each other's trust and the two began
to get along. A forest fire that devastated acres of land was also caused at the end of the film
when the logging crew entered and beat up Dr. Campbell. They immediately fell in love and
are currently cohabiting in the bush. Crane was the character I enjoyed the most. I
appreciated that she didn't give a damn what other people thought about her views.Dr.
Campbell stopped believing in her at that point, and she started acting very irate and
stressed out. This film offers the viewer a story line of compassion, comedy, and human love
on various levels through the beauty of our home land, the blessings of nature, and the
conflict between modern man and indigenous people. The balance between life and death
as well as medicine is also a problem, which is frequent in today's society.