Instead, the film chiefly fictionalizes a real-life horror story from the late 1880s: King Leopold II of Belgium, having claimed Congo, embarked on a genocidal project to extract wealth from the region, powered by its enslaved people. Jackson).ĭespite Warner Bros.' deceptive trailers, Tarzan's actual legend - the "Jungle Book"-like tale of a lost infant raised by an animal tribe who grows up to fall in love with Jane and return to England - is told only in brief flashbacks. It's essentially a sequel to the last major attempt to revive the story, the 1984 film "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan," which had Christopher Lambert in the title role.Īs the movie begins, Lord Greystoke, the former Tarzan, is a comfortable British nobleman, long married to Jane (Margot Robbie) and not inclined to trek back to Africa at the urging of an anti-slavery activist from America (Samuel L. Now playing at Biltmore Grande, Carmike and Carolina Cinemark.Įven with rising hunk Alexander Skarsgard bulked up and stripped down in the title role, "The Legend of Tarzan" looks not forward but backward. The film fictionalizes a real horror story from the 1880s: The king of Belgium's enslaving of Congo.Skarsgard is humorless as Tarzan, seemingly concentrating on holding his muscular arms just so.
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