Tag: Adventure

Armor Of God (1986) – Review

To say that Jackie Chan was something of a big deal in the mid-eighties was something of a understatement. While it may be tough to

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Tarzan’s Fight For Life (1958) – Review

After wading through a fair few classic Tarzan movies as a result of reviewing them for this site, I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s

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Vertical Limit (2000) – Review

Martin Campbell has something of an impressive record when it comes to bringing back faded actioners to their former glories. After all, not only did

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Tarzan And The Lost Safari (1957) – Review

Life in the jungle can be brutal, so it’s fairly fitting if I unleash some brutal honesty and declare Gordon Scott’s debut as Tarzan as

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Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955) – Review

Much like how Tarzan has to let go of one vine to swing on from the next, the Tarzan franchise once again had to leave

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Tarzan And The Trappers (1958) – Review

Despite having a long history of brawling with lions, feuding with hunters and generally sprinting through the underbrush with only a loin cloth to save

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Tarzan The Ape Man (1981) – Review

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary literary adventurer has been the subject of many a version that’s cast a more, shall we say, adult version of the

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Tarzan And The Lost City (1998) – Review

The 90s just really couldn’t get the old pulp heroes right, could they? After Tim Burton created a cinematic sensation with his highly stylized tale

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Tarzan And The Mermaids (1948) – Review

There’s a prevalent saying that states that nothing can last forever, but when it comes to the lengthy nature of Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan tenure, he

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Tarzan And The Huntress (1947) – Review

Playing the same character twelve times on the bounce is nothing to be sneezed at, but it has to be said, by the time we

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Tarzan And The Leopard Woman (1946) – Review

After nine outings for Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan in as many years, you had to believe that the writers at RKO Studios were running a little

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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) – Review

If anyone understood the need for high adventure, it was Walt Disney. Obviously, not every timeless, fantasy epic he oversaw was rendered in lush, groundbreaking

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Tarzan And The Amazons (1945) – Review

Anyone who has ever watched the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies in chronological order can’t have helped but notice that from his seventh entry onward, the

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Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943) – Review

By the time we reached the eleventh year of Johnny Weissmuller’s tenure of Tarzan it seemed that Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Lord of the Apes was

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Tarzan The Magnificent (1960) – Review

As sure as day follows night, thunder follows lightning or George Lazenby follows Sean Connery, the times were a-changing once again for the latest cinematic

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Deliverance (1972) – Review

For such a seemingly “normal” director as John Boorman, he didn’t half go all in when it came to cramming cinema full of batshit, crazy.

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Tarzan And The Jungle Boy (1968) – Review

As Tarzan emerges from the sweltering jungle for his latest adventure, there’s almost no sense that the official run of movies was about to slip

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Tarzan And The Valley Of Gold (1966) – Review

With the endless obsession and speculation about who has played James Bond or Batman, movie fans would do well to realise that this sort of

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Tarzan Goes To India (1962) – Review

By the time 1962 rolled around, it was all change again for the Lord of the Apes as the obscenely muscular Gordon Scott made way

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Tarzan’s Three Challenges (1963) – Review

It’s strange to think how prolific Tarzan movies were in the 30s, 40s and 50s, especially considering that Edgar Rice Burrows’ jungle dwelling avenger doesn’t

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