Tarzan a Manhattan

It really boggles my mind when i think that someone wasted a month or so of their lives writing this script. And then to think that he/she handed this script out to probably a dozen people and they all gave this project the go ahead, thinking that it might be a good idea to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to make it, is truely mind blowing. Joe Lara is Tarzan, or at least thats what they lead you to belive. His acting skills fall somewhere between Ron Jeremy and Vanilla Ice. He plays a very unconvincing Tarzan in a caricature of New York city in the eighties. The only actors in this movie that i have ever heard of are Jan-Michael Vincent and Tony Curtis. Vincent and Lara are BAD ACTORS, and Tony Curtis acts like a bad actor. This movie is not funny, not romantic, not suspenseful, not beliveable and, not entertaining. Possibly the funniest thing about this movie is the fact that i found it on DVD. I bought it for $2 out of a clearance bin to give as a joke gift to a film buff friend of mine. This is THE ONLY valid reason that anyone would ever want to purchace this horrible, horrible film.

Joe Lara was the latest in a long line of players to take on the role of Tarzan as Edgar Rice Burroughs hero goes to Manhattan to rescue his pal Cheetah. And he thought Africa had some jungles.

Someone has kidnapped Tarzan's favorite simian and has left a few nondescript but telltale clues. With that Tarzan is off to New York.

Where he meets Jane Porter a cabdriver played by Kim Crosby and her father retired detective Tony Curtis. They aid an abet his search for his friend.

Cheetah is in the hands of Jan-Michael Vincent a rich sportsman hunter who doubles as a mad scientist. He has the usual mad scientist nefarious reasons for capturing Cheetah and a whole lot of other apes.

The whole cast plays this one tongue in cheek and it's got some good moments. This is not a film to take seriously.

Though if this is ever remade I'd have Joe Lara wind up in Greenwich Village where at any number of drinking establishments he'd have made all kinds of friends.

Good God, he'd have a personal posse likeno other.

Enjoyed watching Tarzan in Manhattan and I think Joe Lara is so gorgeous I could watch him forever!

I loved the moment with Tarzan and Cheetah together...hilarious...

Action, Adventure, Romance, Animals, lots of humor, this TV movie has it all!!

Great locations and Tarzan on the bus on top of Times Square is wonderful.

The photography is terrific and the sets are super and I loved the fancy house they used for the Brightmore mansion.

A definite thumbs up to this family film once again proving that Tarzan is Evergreen and Everlasting!!

This film is hilarious. It takes the tarzan character and moves him to New York in search of his missing monkey friend, to do a whole fish out of water plot line, as well as the usual good vs evil thing that seems to be present in most films these days, and obviously the obligatory love story.

Tony Curtis, though it should go without saying, is absolutely superb in it. The overacting involved in his part really just makes his role so funny. He plays the ex cop father of the love interest who occasionally masquerades as a main part, and adds a touch of (intended) humour to the film.

Everyone should watch it at least once just for the experience, and as it is the perfect TV movie it should be on somewhere soon!

Tarzan in Manhattan is an 1989 action adventure film directed by Michael Schultz and stars Late Joe Lara, Kim Crosby, Late Tony Curtis and Late Jan-Michael Vincent.

Tarzan goes to New York to rescue a chimpanzee Cheetah which is kidnapped by a cruel animal experimenter and is helped by a taxi driver and her father who runs a private security agency.

After seeing the modest reviews of the film i didn't have any strong expectation from the film but surprisingly the film turned out to be a decent entertaining film if not great.

The plot of the film is average and is filled with revenge story depicting good vs bad and has a mandatory love story. The film has good humor, some decent action scenes, some really funny scenes with a pinch of romance and is been backed by great acting, good screenplay and decent ending.

The film might not be on the list of a must watch film but still the film will never disappoint you and can be watched once.