With a teaming horde of about a billion and one pesky, killer ants cast as extras in The Naked Jungle, how could the viewer not be satisfactorily impressed and entertained by this South American Adventure/Romance/Drama from 1954?
And when you factor into all of the "biting" action that took place throughout this sweaty, jungle picture two of Hollywood's hottest actors-of-the-day (Yep. That's the studly Charlton Heston and the gorgeous ELeanor Parker whom I'm talking about here) - How could The Naked Jungle not thrill the viewer to pieces?
When these 2 darlings of the silver-screen go for each others throats in their made-to-order, on-screen, love/hate affair of marriage it was enough to leave one gasping to catch their breath with the only desire to be witness to more.
Needless to say, I was, more often than not, very pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained by The Naked Jungle.
I had anticipated this picture to be a typical "boy-meets-girl" Hollywood crap movie - But, on top of the bonus of the zillion flesh-eating ants, it was the torrid, venomous relationship that initially transpired between the hunky but lonely plantation owner, Christopher and his ravishing and refined mail-order bride, Joanna that had a really delicious bite to it. This vicious rapport between Christopher and Joanna went completely beyond what was expected - And, with that, it was greatly appreciated from the perspective of this satisfied onlooker.
Filmed in the lushest Technicolor, this 95-minute romp (and stomp) through a vast paradise of a South American jungle may have had its flaws and it may have been riddled with cliché - But, this more-than-pleased viewer honestly cannot think of any real significant complaints worth beefing about at this point in this review.
And when you factor into all of the "biting" action that took place throughout this sweaty, jungle picture two of Hollywood's hottest actors-of-the-day (Yep. That's the studly Charlton Heston and the gorgeous ELeanor Parker whom I'm talking about here) - How could The Naked Jungle not thrill the viewer to pieces?
When these 2 darlings of the silver-screen go for each others throats in their made-to-order, on-screen, love/hate affair of marriage it was enough to leave one gasping to catch their breath with the only desire to be witness to more.
Needless to say, I was, more often than not, very pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained by The Naked Jungle.
I had anticipated this picture to be a typical "boy-meets-girl" Hollywood crap movie - But, on top of the bonus of the zillion flesh-eating ants, it was the torrid, venomous relationship that initially transpired between the hunky but lonely plantation owner, Christopher and his ravishing and refined mail-order bride, Joanna that had a really delicious bite to it. This vicious rapport between Christopher and Joanna went completely beyond what was expected - And, with that, it was greatly appreciated from the perspective of this satisfied onlooker.
Filmed in the lushest Technicolor, this 95-minute romp (and stomp) through a vast paradise of a South American jungle may have had its flaws and it may have been riddled with cliché - But, this more-than-pleased viewer honestly cannot think of any real significant complaints worth beefing about at this point in this review.