Sheena (1984)

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   bfgirl

   https://www.tokyvideo.com/video/sheena-the-queen-of-the-jungle-1984-movie-with-tanya-roberts-ted-wass-donovan-scott 4 months ago
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   nbats

   https://tubitv.com/movies/679213 1 year 2 months ago
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   Siskoid

   Back in the Golden Age of comics, Sheena - Queen of the Jungle - was a hit book, big enough that Marvel eventually had to make their own version, just a vowel short. 1984, however, seems like a weird time to make a Sheena movie (or even the 70s, considering how long it stayed in development hell). Jungle heroes per force have some of that colonial claptrap that's so passé today and Sheena is no different. Nevertheless, the Kenyan landscape and wealth of animal action - both documentary and imported from Hollywood trainers - make it an often pretty film to look at. Sheena riding a zebra alone, is a striking image. So it's a damn shame the movie isn't really very good. Much of the fault falls on Tanya Roberts' shoulders (or whoever cast her), as the animals are all much better actors. Or perhaps her dialog is impossible to deliver. I'd say a bit of Column A and a bit of Column B. Hired for her looks, they make sure to have her disrobe, which is a problem because this is basically a kids' movie. Not that I think nudity is a problem, but afternoon TV where this might play better sure does. But for the most part, even the violence is cartoonishly tame - never have so many machine guns been fired and hit so little - though again, you'd need to trim some pieces that at odds with the general feeling. Nowhere near as bad as I thought, except for Roberts' performance, which was worse than I could have imagined. (Jodie Foster was considered for this?! Why?!) 1 year 11 months ago

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