![]() ![]() Williams wants Tarzan to accompany him to the Congo to see if it’s true. ![]() Jackson), an American emissary, who has concerns that the King of Belgium is enslaving the native people in the African Congo. Tarzan is approached by George Washington Williams (Samuel L. The movie opens after Tarzan aka John Clayton III, Earl of Greystoke (Alexander Skarsgard), has been “civilized” and returned to England where he’s currently living with his wife, Jane (Margot Robbie). The movie tries, it really does, but even if you’re just here for the Adonis belts, there’s still so much WTFery present that I can’t take the movie seriously, at all. The problem with The Legend of Tarzan is that the Tarzan mythos is a tale so steeped in racism, colonialism, and jingoism, that it’s impossible to adapt for a modern audience without being problematic. ![]()
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