...a woefully tiresome (and mostly interminable) disaster that strikes all the wrong notes right from the get-go...

At times it's a film that benefits from Weissmuller's physical prowess as the legendary jungle hero, but overall, the exotic adventure treads repetitive ground that often gets lost amid the safari and the jungle call. [Full review in Spanish]

It’s interesting to note the differences between the pre-Code Tarzan flicks and the ones produced after the Hays office put a tight lid on “immorality” in the movies.

Sticking to one of the primary themes of Burroughs’ series, it’s eventually evident that man is more barbarous and cruel than the untamed beasts merely surviving in the wild.