For the most part, the first "live action" feature by Andrew Stanton, is graphically splendiferous and enjoyably nonsensical.

Isn't the disaster some industry observers predicted, but it's not the high-gloss masterpiece some of us hoped for either.

John rides a rhino into battle, fights great white apes in the arena, and leaps great distances like Superman in the early, original comic books.

It’s watchable and, at times, an enjoyable film, just not wowing or immediately satisfying in the way so many of Burroughs’ readers had hoped it would be.