This is a pale, watered-down take on the iconic hero. Perhaps Tarzan was best left in the jungle.

It starts in a quaint, interesting, post-Tarzan manner, almost as if the film were a sequel. The film founds itself on an assumption of its lead character’s established presence in popular lore — as such, it spares us the tedium of a linearly delivered origin story, which is rendered, instead, through brief flashbacks.

Samuel L Jackson and Margot Robbie are average. You’ll forget their performances once you walk out of the theatre.

The VFX is a letdown as well.

If you have got absolutely nothing to do this weekend, you can kill time watching The Legend of Tarzan. But then, there are always better things to do.

Yates fails to give his leading man any depth. Though Tarzan wears his brawny side in style but a lack of insight into his psyche, makes the film a weak brew. This Tarzan is sincere but roars tad too late.

The Legend Of Tarzan is not impressive when it comes to visual appeal. Skarsgard packs a punch but his signature roar in what could be the third act is too late to revive the audiences to like the film.

The film is diseased with promise, and the story is too simplistic to be entirely involving. It falls criminally short of mesmerising the viewer. And you know what they say about the jungle… if it doesn’t get your pulse racing, what good is it?

…comes across as a film that has started out from the middle of a story and is trying to expand in all directions covering any and every aspect that can be used for future sequels. With a naïve story line, meandering plot, almost absolute focus on one single character and general confusion with the direction in which to take the film forward, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN is all but legendary.

In terms of visual effects this film is quite impressive but as a crusty, involving adventure, it falls short!

This retelling of the Tarzan story is so tedious, you can throw darts at the bad guys, knowing which one is going to die next. Jane is as important as what’s-her-name in Transformers. The CGI gorillas should have stayed in the mist…

Agility is the prime trait of Tarzan, but Legend has little of it. The film strains to juggle the character’s baggage instead of embracing the tale’s innate silliness and spirit of adventure (over the years Tarzan has fought dinosaurs and Roman gladiators).

“The Legend of Tarzan” is a poorly paced film that is light on adventure and far from becoming legendary.

Your kids may appreciate this one and that’s largely because they’re a forgiving lot. You might like it if you haven’t watched The Jungle Book. All things considered, you’re not necessarily going to regret avoiding this not-so-legendary Legend.