Tarzan

The amazing story I'm about to tell you...

took place in the deepest and darkest parts of Africa.

It is the tale of a young boy from New York who lost everything...

to become the King of the Jungle.

But let's start at the beginning.

To be precise, 70 million years earlier...

when the great dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

An American named Greystoke set up camp at the edge of the jungle.

He spent weeks in search of the meteor,

while his family enjoyed the wilderness.

See, Kagira? I told you he'd be back.

J.J.?

J.J., where are you?

Yeah, Mom?

Come on. Enough fun! It's time to eat. Come on, J.J.

J.J.? Who's J.J.? My name's Tarzan!

Kagira gave me the name.

It's ape language. It means "ape with no fur".

That makes sense, little monkey.

Hey, guys! Wait for Tarzan!

Greystoke was financing the expedition...

and he had become pretty impatient.

Nothing. There's nothing here.

Wow. That wall of fog again.

My instruments are going haywire.

Okay, that's it. Expedition's over.

There's absolutely no sign of your mysterious meteor here, Porter.

Great. Just great.

They would probably never find this meteor,

which according to ancient folklore...

possesses limitless power and is guarded by wild monkeys.

And who knows what other amazing secrets...

may lay deep within that mysterious rock.

Th e power of the meteor is supposed to be beyond imagination.

John, we have to continue our search.

Jim, wake up. It's just a local legend.

We've searched every square inch of this place.

And the reports of the 19th century explorers?

Are the romantic fantasies of treasure hunters.

And this?

A lump of metal from a flea market in Kigali isn't proof.

A word of advice between friends?

Take down your tent and come back to New York with us.

You've got a beautiful wife waiting there, and a lovely daughter.

And they are real, Porter.

If this meteor really exists, it's not here.

Listen!

I'm Tarzan.

When I come back, I'm gonna be King of the Jungle!

Tarzan?

He made it up.

Your son's got quite the imagination. You know that?

Must get that from your end of the gene pool.

Incorrigible dreamer, huh?

Is there any other reason why you've dragged us to the end of the world?

Mommy! Daddy! Look at me!

J.J., what...?

- You sure you want to stay? - You still don't get it.

- The jungle's my life. - You take care.

Kiss Jane for me!

John! Look! Down there.

A loner. A mountain gorilla looking for a new family.

Very, very dangerous.

You don't wanna mess with that guy.

By the giant waterfall,

which had carved a deep gorge in the jungle...

one of the few remaining families of mountain gorillas...

Iived in peace and harmony.

But even their secluded hideaway...

could not protect them from the angry loner...

and the hunt for a family to take as his own.

And so the silverbacks had to fight.

Look at all this volcanic activity!

Wow! This wasn't here two days ago!

There's some kind of magnetic interference.

What is this place?

Get us outta here!

- We're gonna hit the wall! - I'll pull her up!

Come on, come on! Hold on, everyone!

My God. Porter was right.

Chris, land the bird. I've gotta check this out.

- I'll be back in an hour. - One hour.

It's getting late, okay?

This place is, I don't know, it's creepy.

It's otherworldly, huh? Come on.

Hey, Tarzan, Kagira, you're in charge.

- Say "bye", Kagira. - Bye bye.

Kagira told me he had a bad dream last night.

Oh no. Kagira, what did you dream?

You left him behind in the jungle.

Oh, silly Kagira. We would never leave you behind.

You promise?

I promise.

Alice!

Alice! Alice, I found it!

- John? What is it? - A cave.

A cave? Are you going in there?

I have to.

I'll be back soon.

And as John stepped into this most inhospitable world cloaked in fog...

the guardian monkeys protecting the meteor for eons...

became more and more agitated.

This secret, which had been dormant for millions of years...

was about to be uncovered.

John?

Can you hear me? Where are you?

We really have to leave.

The ground shook,

and it seemed as if all the elements were uniting...

to avenge the wound that John had cut into the meteor.

- John! - Dad!

- What happened? - Let's go!

What happened?

Get in there!

Something's pulling us down!

And as the pilot battled with the raging elements...

another heart-rending tragedy took place nearby...

which would have momentous consequences on things to come.

You never should have ripped that thing out of the rock.

You see that?

Forgive me.

Mommy!

The next morning, Nature had calmed down.

Karla, who had lost both husband and baby...

wandered heartbroken through the jungle...

when she came across a strange object...

which had fallen from the sky the night before.

Mommy...?

And as Karla miraculously gained a new child overnight...

Tarzan found a caring hand to protect him in the unforgiving wild.

Karla had decided to defend her young by any means.

But from the start, Tarzan had become a thorn in the side of Tublat...

the new evil leader of the gorilla family.

- Something's pulling us down! - What's pulling us down?

Mommy!

One... Two... Three...

Ready or not, here I come!

Not again.

I know you're here somewhere!

Gotcha!

Wait for me!

As time passed, the boy once known as J.J. Greystoke...

had all but ceased to exist.

And in a world where the survival of a young boy seemed impossible...

he sensed a ray of hope.

Now he really was Tarzan, the ape without fur.

Oh, what a beautiful butterfly!

Where's the gorillas? This place blows.

Derek!

- Psycho. - Bean pole.

Seriously, Dad, I don't know how you do this every summer.

They pay well.

And I guess you develop a few tricks.

Whoopsies.

Smile, everybody!

Well, here we are.

Welcome to Camp Porter.

This place is a dump!

You got here just in time.

The gorillas are getting tired of my jokes.

I've never seen stars like this.

Just imagine, if you were a monkey, you'd get to see this every night.

Makes you wonder which primate got the better deal, huh?

Do you ever think about coming home?

To New York?

Maybe trying things again with Mom?

I'm sorry, sweetheart, but this is my home.

It always was.

Well, in that case, I have to come back.

Jane, my darling, nothing would make me happier.

Don't stay up too late, sweetheart.

- We've got a big day tomorrow. - Okay.

Who's there?

Oh! Hey. I was just out here looking for birds.

- I think I'm just gonna go this way. - I think that's a good idea.

Creep.

Now remember, everyone, stay on the trail.

If you don't, we may never find you again.

And more importantly, you shouldn't make too much noise.

Unless you want to end up on someone's menu.

Derek?

Derek, where are you?

Cool.

Listen to me, Derek. This is very dangerous.

You're going to walk towards me very slowly.

And whatever you do, don't run.

Derek!

Hey! Hey! Over here! Chase me!

It's okay, it's okay!

Who's there?

That's not good.

Oh, come on!

Oh, no!

Jane!

Jane!

Jane!

Jane!

Jane!

Who are you?

Jane?