Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.
The Mosquito Coast is of 1 hour(s) and 59 minute(s). It is Produced By: Warner Bros. Pictures. It was released on 1986-11-26. It has the tagline: He went too far. It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
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