spoiler edgar rice burroughs famous character be adapt thousand of time for the screen til one thirst be quench and notably during the thirty and the forty by hollywood . it productors make tarzan one of the most successful cinema character . several year later and hugh hudson decide to make a more ambitious version of the monkey man and it a more natural and more wild and more down to earth tarzan that he give away here . hudson skilfully avoid the clichés that you usually grant to tarzan such a his famous scream or his friendly pet and cheetah . not only and be we far from the design and invent character make by hollwood but we be also far from the film set use to make his story . the movie be partly make in africa ( more precisely in cameroon ) . the movie introduce two obvious part represent the first one which take place in the jungle where tarzan live among his adoptive friend and the ape and considers himself a their lord . but he ignore his real origin . the second one in england where tarzan discover the english society . ian holm epitomize the link between the two part and hudson avoids all that could make the movie fall into the ridiculous thanks to a clever screenplay . indeed and holm teach lambert basic rule of manner so a to behave correctly in the english society and the result work . moreover and in the second part and no one ever laugh at tarzan and he even really appreciate . as far a the end be concern well it a both bitter and happy end . happy because tarzan come back to the jungle and meet again his adoptive close relative . but bitter too and because this homecoming mean that the greystoke line would not be ensure and be condemn to disappear . christophe lambert find here and his first ( and last . ) great role . sadly and he will never equal the achievement of his performance in this movie and he will play in poor and insipide action movie . nevertheless and a i say previously and a clever screenplay and a performance of a rare quality and some impressive natural scenery ( both the jungle and the english country and we get a gorgeous movie . it also an excellent rereading from a popular novel . so why be it only rat barely ( 6/10 ) .