History Film / TheLegendOfTarzan

--> '''Jane''': A normal man would do anything to save the woman he loves. My husband is no normal man."

* RevengeByProxy: Mbonga's son killed Tarzan's ape mother, Kala; Tarzan killed him and Mbonga now wants Tarzan's head for that.

** On their first night in Muviro's village, Jane is listening to several jungle calls and identifying each one as a "mating call" right before she and Tarzan engage in a mating ritual of their own. Tarzan later uses a "mating call"--and identifies it as such-- to turn Rom into JustDeserts.

** A tamed crocodile that's being walked on a leash stops to [[EvenAnimalsHateHim snarl at Rom]] as it passes by him. No points for guessing what animal ends up doing him in.

* BigBad: Leon Rom, named after the real life historical figure, is the film's villain.

* ShownTheirWork: The African tribe points out that, for the most part, gorillas are gentle creatures that just wants to be left alone. The apes that raised Tarzan, however, are some unique form of KillerGorilla that they view with no undue amount of fear.

* AgeLift: George Washington Williams was only 41 when he died on his way back from the Congo, but he's played by 68-year-old Samuel L. Jackson.

* CompositeCharacter: Chief Mbonga's tribe is combined with the Leopard Men.

* ChekovsGun: Tarzan's ability to mimic mating calls.

'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is a film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it was released in July 2016. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, and Jim Broadbent.

Shares its name with [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan a animated TV series]], a SpinOff of the [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} 1999 Disney film.]]

** Though they're never mentioned via name, in a flashback Tarzan is obviously saving a smaller ape from Sabor, and in present day meets up once again with Tantor and his herd.

* MightyWhitey: Tarzan is on good terms with one of the local tribes and near the end he [[spoiler:seemingly establishes a DefeatMeansFriendship relationship with Chief Mbonga and his tribe]]. However, the film makes an effort to downplay this as the tribes are treated as equals, and Jane's backstory is changed so that she grew up in Africa among the former tribe.

* AnimalStampede: At the climax of the film, Tarzan stampedes a herd of water buffalo (with a few lions mixed in) through the city of Boma.

* CompositeCharacter: Chief Mbonga's tribe is combined with the Leopard Men of Opar.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version of the film uses "Nawe, Nawe" by Alexandros as its theme song.

Ten years have passed since Tarzan, the man raised by apes, left the African jungle for his ancestral home England. He has since married his discoverer Jane Porter and adopted his birth name and hereditary title: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. Now he has been sent back to Africa on a mission for the British Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a larger conspiracy. When evil forces endanger his old home and those he loves, he becomes the legendary Lord of the Jungle again.

* BattleInTheRain: The fight between Rom's mercenaries and the gorillas takes place during a downpour.

* CycleOfRevenge: Ultimately the true cause of the events of the film. [[spoiler:Chief Mbonga's son killed Tarzan's ape mother, and Tarzan killed him in retaliation. In exchange for the diamonds of Opar, Leon Rom must give Tarzan to Mbonga so he may finally get his revenge. Tarzan is only able to break the cycle by convincing Mbonga of the danger of allowing Rom to succeed]].

* KillerGorilla: In this version ([[TruerToTheText just like in the book]]) the tribe of great apes kill Tarzan's father.
* KickTheDog: Rom, after promising Jane not to shoot the gorillas after encountering them, orders his soldiers to do it anyway.

* LoinCloth: In flashback scenes, but in present-day jungle scenes Tarzan wears knee-length pants (breeches). The loin-cloth returns in the film's final scenes.
* MightyWhitey: Tarzan is on good terms with one of the local tribes and near the end [[spoiler:seemingly establishes a DefeatMeansFriendship relationship with Chief Mbongo and his tribe.]].

* MythologyGag: Rom tells Jane: "''He's Tarzan, you're Jane.'' He'll come for you." George also outright says "Me Tarzan, You Jane" in an attempt to get Tarzan back to Africa.

* ShoutOut:
** Though they're never mentioned via name, in a flashback Tarzan is obviously saving a smaller ape from Sabor, and in present day meets up once again with Tantor and his herd.
** Tarzan has a final battle with the film's villain Rom on a boat, which inevitably explodes. Similar to an [[DeletedScene unused sequence]] from Disney's own Tarzan film.

* ShownTheirWork: The African tribe points out that, for the most part, gorillas are gentle creatures that just wants to be left alone. The tribe that raised Tarzan, however, is some unique form of KillerGorilla that they view with no undue amount of fear.