Tarzan et l'Enfant de la jungle

This is the movie with Steve Bond's (soap opera actor of "General Hospital" and "Santa Barbara") first performance. He plays Erik, a boy who was forced by circumstances to survive in the jungle on his own. He is a kind of smaller version of the hero, Tarzan.

Mike Henry's Tarzan is averaged (a softened version of the classic Tarzan), as is the movie. This must be a movie in a line of other Tarzan-films. All the stereotyped elements are there: Cheetah the monkey (in this movie kind of addicted to alcohol to amuse the viewer), Tarzan's screaming (but only once...) ...

Charming story full of adventures, many animals, so-called clever slogans from our hero, a very sexy reporter (Alizia Gur) and some tension is created when the villain seeks revenge of Tarzan.

6 out of 10

Mike Henry in his last appearance as Tarzan assists a pair of journalists (Gur and Gans) in attempting to locate a boy (Bond), missing in the jungles for several years. Complicating matters is the volatility of a local tribe after its chief dies, leaving the sons (Ed and Rafer Johnson) to battle for succession.

Strictly formula Tarzan fare with all the usual motifs (pet leopard, a pair of chimps et al) blends some nice scenery with watchable action scenes. Henry is not as relaxed in his role as Ron Ely (the TV Tarzan), but does the business well enough to be convincing. Lacks intensity (the scene where Gur & Gans are attacked by the megalomaniacal brother Ngambi ends rather abruptly), although enough of the cast end up skewered on spears that it's perhaps too violent for the pre-adolescents.

If you're into Tarzan, and especially if you grew up on Ely's TV rendition, then this instalment should satisfy a Sunday afternoon.

This picture was the last one Tarzan managed for movie theatres after that the famous producer Sy Weintraub changed his efforts through TV series with Ron Ely, shot in Brazil at glamorous Atlantic forest near Rio de Janeiro according some accurate sources most precisely at Tijuca forest which explains so clean ground shown in the picture.

Mike Henry has an average performance, far away from previous ones in fact he gets action just in middle of the picture, before he has been running, swimming and tries find out a lost boy, the main action is provides by two enemies brothers which Tarzan attends in final scene only!!! Watchable for many reasons, it'was a final of a golden era!!! José Lewgoy a great Brazilian actor was on the cast, however unfortunately uncredited!!!

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First watch: 1988 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 6.25.

Allow me a moment to wipe the drool from my mouth, what with Mike Henry being such a delicious piece of prime beef! Even if the film was no good, it would still have been worth the watch. I could easily pause the movie and just stare at his great physique. He is also the first hairy chested Tarzan - and oh-so-yummy! Fortunately, I enjoyed the movie as a whole.

In this film, Tarzan is a civilized man who is educated and very well spoken. There is no Jane, hence no "Me Tarzan, you Jane." In fact, there is no romantic interest whatsoever. On the contrary, Tarzan is trying to get away from the only female character in the film!

Ok, but let's start at the beginning. The film opens with a father and his young son running into trouble in white waters. The father is washed away and we can safely assume he drowned, leaving the boy stranded in the wilderness.

Six years later, a journalist, Myrna, and her assistant, Ken, travels to the jungle to meet with Tarzan hoping to find the boy. Meanwhile, the Chief of the Secunda tribe is ill and his two sons, Buhara and Nagambi, are in a contest to determine who will be the next Chief. Buhara is Tarzan's friend and agrees to help locating the boy, while Nagambi is the film's antagonist and wants the boy killed.

'Tarzan and the Jungle Boy' delivers non-stop action and adventure, and is also a story of rivalry and jealousy. Mike Henry makes a credible hero, but I found the character a bit too well educated to be a jungle man. Unfortunately I did not find Steve Bond believable at all as the young boy, Erik, but I think the casting was too blame. He was too small and skinny for the character, and it wasn't believable - especially when he was helping an injured Buhara.

'Tarzan and the Jungle Boy' didn't really feel like a Tarzan movie, but it was still a good enough adventure film.

this movie is fine!mike henry is at his best once again!the plot involves tarzan finding a lost boy!the boy sees him,sets a trap!the ape man steps into it.but he is too big for it!the boy tries to run,but tarzan calls him before he escapes!after that,they engage in male bonding!they swing in vines,swim in the river!the film is set in brazil,which makes it very special!!