Sexylocher Masterful Movie

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Scott LeBrun An adorable blonde moppet is on an African safari with her parents when the two of them perish in a cave-in. The girl is raised by the Zambouli tribe to be a mystical white warrior woman named Sheena (played as an adult by Tanya Roberts). Into Sheenas' life comes a wise ass journalist named Vic Casey (Ted Wass), who's come to Africa to do a story on a royal family member who plays football in America. Unfortunately, the gridiron star / prince (Trevor Thomas) is an evil bastard looking to control the region and the people, and get his greedy mitts on some titanium.If one is looking for an arty, "Oscar bait" type movie, steer clear of this one. But if you're looking for simple, dumb, and deliberately campy fun, "Sheena" does deliver the goods. Based on the "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" comic, it has corn ball dialogue galore, some of it hilariously funny. "Mouths were made for eating. Why did you touch yours to mine?" Wass is a handsome but dorky leading man, with Donovan Scott as his comedy relief sidekick / cameraman. The film is wonderfully shot in widescreen, on location in Kenya, and features a rich, lovely score by Richard Hartley. The animal action is also first rate. But let's not kid ourselves: the main reason "Sheena" the movie exists is to give us some prime eye candy in the form of Roberts, who looks ravishing (and does some nudity, to boot). The fact that she's never been much of an actress won't matter all that much.The action scenes are pretty well done, with lots of people shot with arrows and a number of impressive explosions. The supporting cast isn't memorable but they serve their purpose: Elizabeth of Toro has an effective screen presence as the tribe shaman, and the striking France Zobda is an amusing villainess. Overall, a silly but reasonable diversion.Co-scripted by Lorenzo Semple, Jr., and directed by John Guillermin, who'd both previously worked on the 1976 version of "King Kong".Six out of 10.

Anton Versluys This is a movie that many of us remember "watching as a kid", and a secondary thought that follows that feeling relies in the fact that many of those movies indeed were a lot better than most of today's soulless blockbusters. "Sheena" is actually a flawed, rather modest and slightly camp matinée flick which live up to equally modest expectations. As many other movies based in popular culture characters, this is an "Origins story" of the female hero of the title which updates and upgrades the ancient archetype -and male fantasy with racist overtones- of a blonde amazon who rules a savage land, however, this movie succeeds in a more respectful portrayal of the natives and their millenarian wisdom, depicted as rather peaceful people living in balance with nature, properly turned into fierce warriors in order to assume the defense of their land from evil and greedy visitors.Beautiful starlet Tanya Roberts brings charm and brightness to the leading role, despite her odd outfit that underlines an adequate sense of campiness (just like, let's say, a horse painted as a zebra), which delivers the magic (some people would like to call it suspension of disbelief) this story deserves. A most ambiguous issue is the thin line between the innocent eroticism and well-intended exploitation that justifies non-sexual full frontal nude scenes involving a Caucasian woman, but has to be admitted that's precisely the part which everyone expects to see in a movie like this one, where sexiness is the principal ingredient.The DVD, poorly released by Sony/Columbia Pictures definitely doesn't do justice to the movie. The full screen format crops the magnificent landscapes off and the awful quality of the transfer play against the experience. Even the cover artwork (another example of bad photoshop, and, by the way... there are NO tigers in Africa neither do they even appear in this movie) is a big let down to an otherwise enjoyable, fun, sexy and entertaining adventure flick with a soul and a body. Tanya Robert's body.

frtyener I have seen this movie 25 years later on DVD.I am really astonished when I saw 4.3 user rating on top of the page. I am sure this movie deserves much more than that. It would worth more than 4.3 points even if there were no animals . I give 10 points mainly because of the animals .I must say that this is film about kind of a lady jungle hero.I would recommend this film to children if there were no savage scenes such as shooting,bombing and killing both innocent people and animals.Sheena (Tanya Roberts) is a sexy young girl who brought up by native Africans, has special kinetic powers and can communicate with animals.First of all it is not a boring movie.Landscape is amazing. As for the animals, they are incredible. Director John Guillermin did a superb job in this film with these animals.I will not go into detail about the film but recommend you to buy or rent DVD and watch this movie.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) For all those who like Tarzan, here's a movie that will make a jungle lover out of you even more. "Sheena" is a movie of a young blonde who helps an African tribe from being wiped out by a prince and his mercenaries. Sheena was formerly known as Janet Ames, who lost her parents in a cave-in, is taken in by a woman known as the Shaman(Elizabeth of Toro) who uses her mental commands to associate with the animals of the jungle. Her friends other than Sheena(Tanya Roberts, Julie on "Charlie's Angels") is the king. There's is a prince named Otwani(Trevor Jones) who played football in America, and is befriended by an American journalist named Vic Casey(Ted Wass) and Fletch(Donovan Scott). Little did Vic know that Otwani only goal is to wipe out the Zambuli tribe and he and his mercenaries led by Col. Jorgensen(John Forgeham) want the area for his selfish purposes. Vic joins forces with Sheena, and does his best to keep Otwani and his invaders from turning Z'kuru into a desolate wasteland. Tanya Roberts looked ravishing, she puts Tarzan into shame. And the way she uses her mental power was awesome. The countess(France Zobda) was a little more greedy than Otwani. The flamingo scene was outrageous and beautiful at the same time. Vic knows the truth about the soil that healed him from the wreck, At least, he also know about respect about the country it came from. Saving life is one thing, saving a country is another. He would not exploit Sheena or Z'kuru to outsiders because there will be greedy people wanting to get their hands on the land. Probably greedier than Otwani. Despite the nudity, "Sheena" is a good movie. maybe not for young kids, that could be watch as a family though. A very powerful movie as well. A real gem there! 5 stars!