The Legend Of Tarzan: The Legend That Should Have Been Left Alone

The Legend of Tarzan- Bringing a book or an animation to life on the big screen is never an easy feat, mostly because interpreting roles laced in such splendour is stuff of genius, the picture just has to be good enough, good enough to leave us as amazed as the source work did. Hence the need for a Director seasoned in adapting books to the big screen.

Enter David Yates, a Director who already brought us the last 4 instalments of the Harry Potter movie and did so beautifully, so yes Warner Bros’ resolve on this was well founded.

The plot is set in the eighteen-eighties in Pre-colonial Congo. King Leopold funds an incursion of mercenaries led by Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz), in a bid to conquer the Diamond-laden Congo and enslave its people.

Quick Fact: King Leopold was responsible for the murder of about Ten Million Congolese

Great Britain’s envoy, John Clayton III, formerly known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), is informed of the Belgian plot by an American diplomat, George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson), and they travel together to thwart it. Tarzan’s wife, Jane (Margot Robbie) is captured by Leon Rom. She is to be the bargaining chip on multiple fronts. 

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