This is a dreadful film. It's not even bad enough to be amusing. I heartily agree with all the previous reviewers, but what does really surprise me is that some of them received poor marks: Two out of five and four out of nine? What do people expect when they read a review? A load of garbage or someone's honest opinion? Okay, so here's my contribution:
In my opinion, this seems to be a Jewish update of "Tarzan", complete with a Jewish heroine who knows the Old Testament backwards and would rather die rich than muck around in the jungle. That's certainly a novel approach and I'm not knocking it. Cheetah is disposed of rather early in the piece when Jane's dad shoots the chimp dead when she is clowning around. And there are a few other surprises in store for unwary viewers, including the fact that, despite the film's title, Tarzan himself has such a small role. In order of importance, the main characters are Jane, Jane's dad, the dad's friend, the dad's friend's friend, and last and least, Tarzan.
Production values are certainly resourceful: Obvious travelogue cut- ins and even tinted black-and-white footage from earlier Tarzan movies that are no longer protected by copyright. Yes, Johnny Weissmuller rides again, including his underwater fight with the crocodile.
I could go on, but, all in all, this is a fascinatingly inept entry of really awful film-making. One thing for sure, it's never dull. For all the wrong reasons, I should give it a six or seven, but that wouldn't be honest. Maybe I shouldn't rate it at all?
In my opinion, this seems to be a Jewish update of "Tarzan", complete with a Jewish heroine who knows the Old Testament backwards and would rather die rich than muck around in the jungle. That's certainly a novel approach and I'm not knocking it. Cheetah is disposed of rather early in the piece when Jane's dad shoots the chimp dead when she is clowning around. And there are a few other surprises in store for unwary viewers, including the fact that, despite the film's title, Tarzan himself has such a small role. In order of importance, the main characters are Jane, Jane's dad, the dad's friend, the dad's friend's friend, and last and least, Tarzan.
Production values are certainly resourceful: Obvious travelogue cut- ins and even tinted black-and-white footage from earlier Tarzan movies that are no longer protected by copyright. Yes, Johnny Weissmuller rides again, including his underwater fight with the crocodile.
I could go on, but, all in all, this is a fascinatingly inept entry of really awful film-making. One thing for sure, it's never dull. For all the wrong reasons, I should give it a six or seven, but that wouldn't be honest. Maybe I shouldn't rate it at all?