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Sheena

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Sheena (1984)

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Reviews Counted:8

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Rotten:5

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: The parents of Sheena, a young girl, are killed while on African safari. The white child is raised by an African tribe and taught both to summon wild animals and survive the harshness of the... The parents of Sheena, a young girl, are killed while on African safari. The white child is raised by an African tribe and taught both to summon wild animals and survive the harshness of the jungle. As an adult, Sheena (Tanya Roberts) must help an American television newsman (Ted Wass) who is in Africa to do a story on royal football player Prince Otawani (Trevor Thomas). But when it is discovered the the prince has plans to overthrow Sheena's idyllic kingdom, she must step in to save it! Created as a female counterpart to Tarzan, SHEENA is based on the 1937 comic strip by Will ("The Spirit") Eisner and S.M. Iger. She was resurrected for a television series in 2000. [More]

Starring: Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Trevor Thomas

Starring: Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Trevor Thomas

Director: John Guillermin

Director: John Guillermin
Screenwriter: David Newman, Lorenzo Semple Jr.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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A cheesy classic. Warrior queen Roberts = girl power!

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08/11/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Except for a poorly madeup horse who is supposed to be a trained zebra, everyone in the cast gives believable performances and the action is logical and well paced.

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06/14/07
Douglas Pratt
Douglas Pratt
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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

A horse painted like a zebra and a flamingo stampede just aren't enough.

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09/23/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Tanya Roberts is upstaged here by a clever elephant and a talkative chimp.

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08/21/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A bad movie I love

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Staci Layne Wilson
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11/27/02
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