The Legend of Tarzan

Movie Review
Release on: Jul 01, 2016

Movie name	:	The Legend of Tarzan
Genres	:	Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Run time	:	110 min
Produced by	:	Village Roadshow Pictures
Directed by	:	David Yates
Music by	:	Rupert Gregson-Williams
Writers	:	Adam Cozad, Craig Brewer
Cinematography	:	Henry Braham
Edited by	:	Mark Day
Countries	:	USA

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Stars : Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd, Rory J. Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Sidney Ralitsoele, Osy Ikhile, Mens-Sana Tamakloe, Antony Acheampong, Edward Apeagyei, Ashley Byam, Casper Crump, Adam Ganne, Aleksandar Mikic, Gary Cargill, Shaun Smith, Ian Mercer, Laurence Spellman, Alex Ferns, Roger Evans, Clive Brunt, Djimon Hounsou, Charles Babalola, Yule Masiteng, Mimi Ndiweni, Faith Edwards, Matt Cross, Madeleine Worrall, William Wollen, CÃ©dric Weber, Richard James-Neale, Charlie Anson, Simon Russell Beale, John Hollingworth, Maxim De Villiers, Miles Jupp, Teresa Churcher, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Benjamin, Paul Hamilton, Ben Chaplin, Faisal Mohammed, Genevieve O'Reilly, Hadley Fraser, Augusts Dakteris, Sophia Ramos, Caitlin McIntosh, Thomas Coghlan, Amelia Mae Butler, Jack Hammond, Oliver Lamb, Matilda Hedley, Luke Smith, John Harvey Wilson, Adam Scholes, Owen Walters, Orla McFarlane, Phillip Nathan Hendricks, Maximus Morgan, Deboh Adeaga-Brown, Abi Adeyemi, Jaiye Afolabi, Kayode Akinyemi, Emmanuel Akwafo, Hugh Allison, Michael Altoft, Fraser Andrews, James Francis Andrews, Gino Anganda, Habib Anibaba, Lasco Atkins, Mark Badham, Richard Banks, Rudy Barrow, Nathan Benham, Andy Blithe, Charles-Jean Boucher, Mark Bowsher, Alexander Bracq, Greg Brummel, David Burge, Chris Cartwright, Anthony Chisholm, Ola Christian, Philippe D'Imperio, John Duggan, Andrew Dunkelberger, Charlene Durrant, Helen Evans, Jack Everson, Ibrahim Fagge, Marco Flammer, Brandon Francis, Duane Francis, Don Sebastian Fula, Andrea Gambadoro, Julian Gamm, Samuel Garcia, Don Gayle, Craig Goult, Liv Hansen, John Harding, Pete Buzzsaw Holland, Tina Holland, Luke Hope, Jermaine Humes, Joy Isa, Marcus G. Johnson, Bentley Kalu, John Samuel Kande, Joshua Kekana, Phelim Kelly, Attila G. Kerekes, Paul Kerry, Marat Khairoullin, Denis Khoroshko, Fred King, Eirik Knutsvik, Jeff Longland, Tyrone Love, Paul Low-Hang, Nicholas Marshall, Nick McKinless, Anthony Milton, Karen Mkrtchyan, Stephen Molyneaux, Cali Nelle, Stephen Parker, Mac Pietowski, Guy Potter, Ella Purnell, Florian Schwienbacher, James Thomas Scott, Timothy Scott, Tamara Sharpe, Kieran Shekoni, Peter Silva, Marcus Sinclair, David Speed, Richard Stanley, Adam Starks, Ellen Claire Sutherland, Joshua Teya, Stephen Stallone Thomas, Matt Townsend, Miroslav Zaruba, Dre Zengarta

Story : John Clayton following his parents' death in Africa would be raised by an ape and would be known by the name Tarzan, would leave Africa and go to his parents's home in England along with woman he fell in love with and married, Jane Porter. He would be asked by Belgian King Leopold to go to Africa to see what he has done there to help the country. Initially he refuses. But an American, George Washington Williams wants him to accept so he can accompany him. He says that Leopold might be committing all sorts of atrocities to achieve his goal like slavery. He needs to prove it. Clayton agrees and his wife insists that she accompany him because she misses Africa. They go and when they arrive a man named Rom who works for Leopold attacks the village they are at and captures Tarzan and Jane. With Washington's help he escapes and sets out to rescue Jane by going across the jungle and Washington joins him despite being told that he might not make it. .

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For a story that is being told since early 1900s, a fresh rendition is pointless unless the makers have anything new to say. It probably is a risk taking up material that is so widely loved. Director David Yates, best known for the mystery and magic of the final four editions of the Harry Potter series, remoulds the titular character. His Tarzan journeys from messy wilderness to the prim insides of a gorgeous English manor. But, he must return to where he belongs and fix everything that has gone wrong in his side of the world. The unnecessary character of George Washington Williams, who researched vastly on Belgian Congo in late 1880s tells Tarzan about the brutal practice of slavery that is prevalent in his native place. To suit the screenplay, Tarzan's fiery wife slips into a damsel in distress role

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The Legend of Tarzan

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