Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
One of the most classic and revered stories of all time, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan returns to the big screen for a new generation. Tarzan and Jane face a mercenary army dispatched by the evil CEO of Greystoke Energies, a man who took over the company from Tarzan's parents, after they died in a plane crash in the African jungle.
This 2013 CGI animated Tarzan is a largely forgettable, below-average adaptation that updates the classic story with a modern corporate villain and motion-capture animation. The plot is generic and uninspired, failing to bring anything meaningful new to the Tarzan mythos. The voice acting is flat and unmemorable. The CGI motion-capture animation is noticeably poor and uncanny, making it visually unappealing compared to contemporaries. The modernized setting adds little novelty, and the ending resolves predictably with no emotional resonance. Across the board, it sits solidly below average without being catastrophically bad in any single dimension.