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Hello All,
As we start getting into the heart of the summer, this is usually the time of the year when we see all the eye popping, big budget, blockbuster movies. This is probably stating something you all know, but for film buffs there’s something about this time of year when we get all sorts of things that just seem to fly out of almost thin air appear on the big screen. So who would've thought that amongst these films, would be a continuation of the Tarzan story from (insert previous film here.) Yeah, it’s not too specific on that part of it, I think it’s just trying to bank on the fact that most people know at least a bit of the story of Tarzan. So, with that setup so to speak, how does this continuation fair? Let’s find out together shall we?
Plot Summary - In the late 1880’s, the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) now lives in Victorian London with his wife Jane (Margot Robbie) at his side. When he gets invited back to the Congo jungles where he grew up as a trade emissary, he falls into a scheme helmed by Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz) that sees him go through the jungles he once called home.
Pros - The cast is phenomenal in this. Skarsgard plays Tarzan as this, complicated, conflicted man just trying to save the woman he loves no matter what. Margot plays Jane equally as well, as she doesn’t do the typical ‘damsel in distress routine’ we’ve seen a million times before. Samuel L. Jackson plays an american emissary who came along with Tarzan, and he honestly just makes every scene he’s in better. Christoph Waltz is an amazing villain as always, as you can feel his sinisterness in every move he makes. When the story gets Tarzan in the jungle doing his thing, it’s just really awesome to see as well, and it makes for some really awesome action sequences as well.
Cons - The story itself is the weakest part of the film. The easiest way to describe it (hopefully) is that it doesn’t feel like a Tarzan story, it feels more like a story that Tarzan just happens to be in. As much as I like Samuel Jackson in the film, I feel like his character was just there so that Tarzan had somehow to show his abilities off to. The scenes where Tarzan does his Tarzan thing feel like padding for the most part, as awesome as they are. The main story itself feels routine, as it just kind of rolls along in between everything else.
Final Score - 6/10 with a Lower Score Seal of Approval.
If the plot had felt more like a Tarzan film, it could’ve been a lot higher, but I cannot deny that I enjoyed what works in the film a lot. If they did a sequel with this cast, and had it involve Tarzan directly, I’d totally go and watch that.
Next - BFG
Yeah, so I never saw the second Purge movie. I might watch that one first (won’t review it because I just don’t feel it for that one personally.) In the meantime, BFG.
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