BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

classicsoncall Well I'm definitely going to be in the minority here but I thought this was a pretty poor excuse for a Tarzan movie. Not only is the film geographically challenged with Tarzan (Mike Henry) relocated to where? - Mexico, Central America, South America? - but it also has such disparate elements as the jungle king driving an armored tank and brandishing huge automatic weapons. I hope Coca Cola got their money's worth out of their product placement dollars because their advertising was all over the place in the early going, and Tarzan had a big hand in handing some evil henchman a Coke and a smile. And what's with the character who portrayed Mango Capoc, the leader of the natives in the land of Tucamai? Could they have gotten anyone older than this unknown guy named Francisco Riquerio to play the role? He looked as ancient as the Incan structures used in the village scenes. To my thinking there's not a lot to recommend here unless you like your Tarzan straight out of the James Bond spoof genre. At least Mike Henry looked the part as Tarzan, maybe a bit much on the muscular side to be swinging from a vine, but certainly well developed from working out in his jungle gym.

moonspinner55 Screenwriter Clair Huffaker brings Edgar Rice Burroughs' Ape Man creation into the 1960s, with mediocre returns. Tarzan has been transformed into a jungle super-spy--which is rather like having 007 in a loin-cloth! Worse ideas have surely been filmed, and ex-football player Mike Henry does quite well in his "Tarzan" debut, but the nondescript plot, cardboard villains, and weak supporting players are enough to do this entry in. Huffaker pairs Tarzan up with a chimp, a squinting kid, a pretty lady, and a very sleepy lion, none of whom are able to energize this story involving international crime, exploding wristwatches, and a mythical lost city. Lethargic and weary; long-time "Tarzan" aficionados were not enthused, yet the new formula was kept (as was Henry) for two more pictures. *1/2 from ****

maquebec Not much I can add to the review of "Tarzan & The Valley of Gold" that hasn't already been said (yup, it's a '60's "James Bond in a breach cloth" film) except for the fact that "Tarzan & The Valley of Gold" has TWO different endings, depending on which edited version you're seeing.Okay, "Spoiler Warning." That given, one version has the end credits rolling right after Mike Henry & Nancy Kovac wave goodbye to the Incas at Tucomare (& the inhabitants all come out to see him off.)However, another version DOESN'T end there. It ends with Tarzan (Mike Henry) flirting a bit with Nancy Kovac (who flirts back), while offering her another (exploding) wrist-watch! (The flirting was another James Bond touch. You'd never see Johnny Weismuller do that! Of course, Weismuller's Tarzan wasn't exactly articulate.) Henry then takes out the villain's exploding mercury from the briefcase & blows up the cav entrance to Tucomare, commenting to Kovac that "Perhaps if nobody finds them for a while, the world will have time to catch up with them."(Meaning, "catch up" with Tucomare's peaceful philosophy.)Hmmm. This Tarzan also knows how to handle chemicals (like mercury) & is a philosopher, too!Definitely NOT Johnny Weismuller!If you "dig" '60's "camp" like I do, then "Tarzan & The Valley of Gold"is definitely worth taping whenever it's shown on tv.

yenlo Perhaps the makers of this film thought it was time to update Tarzan and cash in on the secret agent craze that swept movies and television in the 60's. In this picture Tarzan played by Mike Henry is first seen stepping out of a helicopter in a suit and tie carrying a briefcase. Later he engages in a gun battle ala James Bond. Eventually he ends up back in the jungle sheds his coat and tie along with his pistol for his loin cloth and knife and takes on the bad guys who are equipped with machine guns, tanks and hi-tech explosives. Actually this Tarzan film although not one of the best is a great deal more entertaining than the 1981 Tarzan The Ape Man with Bo Derek. Along as his sidekicks are Manuel Padilla Jr who takes on the "BOY" role with the name of Remel and Nancy Kovacks who becomes sort of his Jane decked out in sexy female jungle safari clothes. His chimpanzee buddy goes by the name "Dinky". If your a Tarzan fan this film should be included in your viewing keeping in mind that the Tarzan character like Superman has been able to adjust to change through out the decades.