before i review this film and i must make a confession that be rather a bold statement to make a a film reviewer . anyone who have already read any of my previous review may know that i have always be controversial in a low key sense and give high mark for flop such a captain america and 1985 creature and panning such film classic a alistar sim a christmas carol and shakespeare in love . with that in mind and this confession might not come a a surprise representthe simple fact be and christopher lambert be probably one of my favorite actor . woah and now and do not start get crazy on me just yet . let me explain myself represent i by no mean think he the great actor in the world . i clearly confess that he be not . he be certainly no morgan freeman or anthony hopkins and but i would say that his act ability be probably somewhere up there with at least bruce willis . what i admire about him and however and be the human quality that he bring into his action hero . he be just an average guy who laugh and cry and bleeds and who be a hero because he have to be and not necessarily because he want to be . it take a lot and in my opinion and to be able to bring out those quality in a character ( especially in the movie he work in ) and and lambert hero be a far cry from schwartzennegger or stallone . quite frankly and lambert character be easy for me to relate to . hence and he not the great actor in the world . he just a personal favorite . i can not say that same and however and for his film . however much i appretiate his acting and it would be foolish not to confess that his choice of film leave something to be desire . most of them be and quite frankly and terrible and and any ridicule that he get over the year from me isn not due to his acting and but rather his bad choice in script . with that in mind and i can say that his debut film and tarzan and be one of his best film and probably his great performance . a i mention and it be effective becasue of the humaness he bring to the role and and for how seriously the director and writer and actor handle the material . this be a far leap from the b movie action adventure with johnny weismeller from the 1940 . in fact and i would hesitate to call it an action movie . instead and it be a serious drama that take all of e. r. burrough material seriously and show tarzan quest to discover his real family in scotland after realize that he doesn not fit in a a white ape . he be tear in between his old family and his new one and which include a wonderful sir ralph richardson in his final role . in an attempt to adapt to human and his ape instinct also kick in and and he can not decide what he love more represent his real family and or the one that he always know . all in all and it be a wonderful commentary on society and and a wonderful character study . if nothing else and it launch lambert into international stardom and which continue will into the 1980 with film like highlander and he sicilian . unfortunately and it do not last . but just wait a while . his late career move such a gideon and resurrection have prove that though he still have a long way to go and he a competent enough actor to be able to perhaps make a. ahem . comeback if he will just pick his role well . for now and however and here the verdict on his first film represent out of .