This is a stomach-churner and disconcerting film about two teens in the Garden of Eden. God casts Adam (Mark Gregory) and Eve (film debut and only one by beauty Andrea Goldman) out of the Paradise because Eve decided to eat a forbidden apple that a talking snake, really the demon, told her to eat. The disgraced couple find themselves fighting a lot of various prehistorical creatures and ruthless savages. After getting into an argument about how to get to the ocean, Adam and Eve part ways. She ends up running across a tribe of peaceful vegetable eaters who paint themselves green, taking a particular liking to one of them (Ángel Alcázar) she dubs "Green Man." The two hit it off, have sex and then Adam stumbles upon them, that's why jealousy emerges when he's watching them together by his favorite waterfall.
The beginning of the film follows more or less faithfully the narratives of Genesis with Adam and Eve, the Tree of Life, the Serpent that is the devil, Mortal Sin and their damnation. However, later , the film goes on other paths without following the Biblical canon. Thus our protagonists Adam and Eve begin a long journey through the world encountering many dangers, gathering primitive tribes, cavemen, fighting bloody enemies, a giant bear, Cannibals and even taking place an amazing sea birth. It is nothing more than a thinly disguised excuse for adult audiences to be able ogle underage teenage flesh and pretend like they're watching an adventure movie in the process. This "Adamo ed Eva, la prima storia d'amore" (1983) results to be a partial reboot to the American films: "Blue Lagoon" (1981) and "Paradise" (1982), in addition rips-off "Jean-Jacques Annaud's Quest for Fire¨. An inferior weakly narrated film, silly incidents with disconnected scenes and not much sense. This one really doesn't want to make us feel guilty about it by having the religious angle, but it begins out being the same old thinly-disguised smut all the same. However, the production design is pretty good and the photography is decent with a lot of gorgeous exteriors, attractive landscapes from Spanish Mediterranean coast, Canary Islands, and Italy including mountains, forests, seashore, waterfalls, strings and snowy landscapes, though also contains some stock footage. There is even the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, which seems a bit strange since this is a low budget film and they had to travel to the United States. Or it could be that the protagonist, Mark Gregory, was already in America while he was shooting the trilogy ¨Thunder¨ that was made there and they took the opportunity to shoot some scenes in which Gregory was looking at the spectacular Grand Canyon. Stars Marg Gregory, a B-actor who has a minor cult in certain circles. An avid motorcyclist and expertly trained Greco-Roman school wrestler, Gregory worked in a shoe shop before being "discovered" in a gym in Rome. He was 17 when he played Trash in 1990: "The Bronx Warriors", as he signed an exclusive 3 picture deal with Deaf International Film Company after his selection for "1990: The Bronx Warriors", following: "Escape from the Bronx" , "Thunder", "Thunder Warrior 2", "Thunder Warrior III", "Delta Force Commando", "Missione finale", "Just a Damned Soldier" or "Maledetto Soldato" and his last film: "War Bus II". Nevertheless, he died penniless while living the life of a recluse in Castel Madama, just outside of Rome; and allegedly committed suicide himself in 2013, at 48, then the city provided a cross for his grave, as he did not have the means for a proper burial.
The film was lousily directed by Enzo Doria and Luigi Russo. They were two prolific writers/producers/directors who made all kinds of usual genres in the Sixties and Seventies: Spaghetti Western, Terror, sex comedy, adventures, Erotic , Giallo, such as "I cannibali, Who saw her die ?, Lucrezia giovane, Lezioni private, Last Angels, The Shark Hunter, Return of Clint the loner, Morbosita" , and even they shot a similar film to ¨Adam and Eve la prima storia d'amore¨ titled ¨Blue Island¨ with Sabrina Siani. Rating. 4/10. Below average.
