Yes, the visuals of chimpanzees, giraffes, zebras, elephants and lions are exciting, but it's too bad they don't have a better movie to be shown off in. The first half of this film seems eternal as Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain make their way to Africa. Andrews tries to pursue Crain without luck, making his character unnecessarily aggressive. But somewhere along the line, she changes her mind while searching for fiance David Farrar. this is where the visuals become at least interesting, and there's a bit of comedy involving a little chimp who keeps tossing out items from the back of Andrew's Jeep as he makes his way into the outback to find Crain. To be honest, that is the only highlight of this film which is genuinely boring except when it has some action sequences involving the natural wonders of Africa.
It seems rather ridiculous when Andrews and his companion in the jeep don't slow down for leaping giraffes and zebras. Farrar's character is instantly show me completely likeable, barely breathing his fiance one of his black servants. The brutality of his character as further shown as Farrar turns on Andrews and Crain after they rescue one of the servants from being tortured, hung from a tree as venomous snakes linger below. This also suffers from a lack of originality, taking the best sequences of other films set in Africa already considered classics at the time, making it predictable and not very original. still, if you like shots of wild animals in natural settings that are majestically beautiful just want to shots. You'll only be slightly disappointed once the film gets to its final destination. As for me, I consider this the illegitimate cousin of "King Solomon's Mines".
It seems rather ridiculous when Andrews and his companion in the jeep don't slow down for leaping giraffes and zebras. Farrar's character is instantly show me completely likeable, barely breathing his fiance one of his black servants. The brutality of his character as further shown as Farrar turns on Andrews and Crain after they rescue one of the servants from being tortured, hung from a tree as venomous snakes linger below. This also suffers from a lack of originality, taking the best sequences of other films set in Africa already considered classics at the time, making it predictable and not very original. still, if you like shots of wild animals in natural settings that are majestically beautiful just want to shots. You'll only be slightly disappointed once the film gets to its final destination. As for me, I consider this the illegitimate cousin of "King Solomon's Mines".