
Khoa Do is a Vietnamese Australian film director, screenwriter and teacher who grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. Born in Saigon, his family fled Vietnam on a tiny fishing boat in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. His brother, Anh Do, is an actor and a comedian.

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

The arrest of Australian Schapelle Corby at Bali airport in 2004 with 4 kg of marijuana. Note that the story line has subsequently been proven to be fiction: the book on which it is based has been subject of record defamation awards.