Tarzeena: Jiggle in the Jungle

I stumbled upon this 2008 TV movie here in 2023, and never having heard about it and seeing it was listed as a comedy here on IMDb, of course I was interested in seeing what it was. I wasn't really harboring the greatest of expectation to the movie though, given the movie's cover.

And within a minute of playing the movie, give or take, it was abundantly clear what type of movie experience this was going to be, as you had Christine Nguyen (playing Tarzeena) going fully nude, and I mean showing everything off here. And shortly thereafter it went to some rather questionable acting and a sex scene.

Yeah, "Tarzeena: Jiggle in the Jungle" is nothing more than writer Cyrus Nickleby getting to pen down some fantasies and then for director Fred Olen Ray to bring those fantasies to the screen in lewd manners. I hardly consider this as entertainment.

The acting performances in "Tarzeena: Jiggle in the Jungle" were dubious at best, since this is softcore pornography and not a proper movie. I wonder how it even got to bear the 'TV movie' label.

While I am not a prude, then I just don't see this kind of movie as being passable as entertainment. And this was certainly not a comedy.

My rating of "Tarzeena: Jiggle in the Jungle" lands on a one out of ten stars.

Schlock director Fred Olen Ray must hold the world record for movies with "bikini" in the title. He specializes in these extra soft softcore cable-porn movies. Vietnamese cutie Christine Nguyen is Tarzeena, a lost girl living on Kong Island. She wears a tiny tan bikini and has a pet gorilla (the ape costume is actually quite good). A safari led by Fabio look-alike Evan Stone searches for her. (He and co-star Nicole Sheridan were also in Fred Olen Ray's "Teenage Cavegirl" which is also quite amusing.) This has lots of nudity, some very hot girls, and frequent simulated, non-explicit sex scenes (more like an NC-17 film).

I can't recommend this for fear of bursting into flames and going straight to hell, but it was fairly enjoyable on a non-think level due to much tongue-in-cheek humor. A cliché travel montage of planes, boats, and maps made me laugh as they edited in clips of a cable car, a dune buggy, a locomotive train, and the space shuttle. The simple story, which includes a mad scientist, is reminiscent of an old '40s Republic serial. The fact that this movie does not take itself seriously and has a few funny moments (such as references to '60s TV shows) places it a cut above in the humble category of cheap adult cable movies. Bloopers during the end credits are also funny. However, it is not in the same league with a "real" B-movie or porn feature. This provides some light entertainment and some impressive skin, that's all.