The

Story
The man
once
called Tarzan, John Clayton III, the fifth Earl of Greystoke, has long since
left Africa behind and settled down in London with his American wife, Jane
Porter, taking up his birth name and ancestral family residence as Lord
Greystoke. In the eight years since returning from Africa, John's story as
Tarzan has become legendary among the Victorian public, although John
himself wishes to leave the past behind him. Through the British Prime
Minister, John is invited by King Leopold to visit Boma and report on the
development of the Congo by Belgium, though Greystoke politely declines
the invitation. An American envoy, George Washington Williams, who
recognises John from the stories of Tarzan, privately reveals his suspicions
that the Belgians are enslaving the Congolese population. Williams
persuades John to accept the invitation in order to prove his suspicions.
John says that his wife Jane should not come with him, as he thinks the
trip would be too dangerous, remembering how both his parents died.
Johns mother died of a disease and his father was killed by apes. John
was raised as Tarzan by apes named. Jane reminds John that she grew up
in Africa and misses her home and friends there. John relents and allows
Jane to come with him.
John, Jane, and Williams take the trip to the Congo. The three of them
encounters a tribal village and villagers who knew John and Jane during
the time they were staying in the jungle. Jane explains to Williams that
her husband was once considered an evil spirit by the African tribes,
including that of Chief Mbonga. Jane tells a story about when she was
younger, she and her father lived in the tribal village helping to care for
local children. Thats how she met Tarzan who saved Jane's life protecting
her from apes that tried to attack her. John suffered multiple injuries after
protecting Jane. Jane took Tarzan home, nursed him back to health, and
thats how the two fell in love. The tribe sleeps and during the night Rom
and his mercenaries raid the village and kidnap John and Jane and kill the
tribe's leader. They then escape to a nearby steamboat with Jane and
several of the tribe's members, but Williams is able to rescue John before
he can be taken to the boat.
With the aid of the tribe's warriors, John and Williams intercept a Belgian
military train carrying captured slaves, providing Williams with the
evidence he needs to expose King Leopold. They also discover that Rom
intends to use the diamonds to pay for a massive army to subdue the
Congo, and allow Belgium to mine its wealth for Leopold's benefit. As John
and Williams continue onward, John encounters the adult Akut, who is
now leader of the apes. Aware that Akut considers him a deserter, John
prepares to fight Akut, though he soon loses. That night, as John
recovers, Williams recalls the massacres of Native Americans during the
Indian Wars, comparing to those of Rom and Leopold.
On Rom's steamboat, Jane dines with Rom, before escaping and
swimming to shore. Jane stumbles into a group of apes, where she is
rescued by Rom and his men and start shooting and killing many of the
apes. He is cornered by Mbonga and his tribe, where it is revealed that
John once killed Mbonga's only son for killing Johns mother Kala. A
defeated Mbonga tearfully accuses John of lacking honor, as his son was
just a young boy when John killed him. John spares Mbonga, just as Akut
and the apes arrive to subdue the tribe. Rom takes Jane and the diamonds
to Boma, where he plans to take control of the army. As Rom attempts to
escape by boat, Williams sinks it with a machine gun as John swims
aboard. Rom starts strangling John and ties him by the neck to the ship's
railing, before trying to escape again. John then summons crocodiles with
a mating call to prevent Rom from escaping.
Williams returns to England and presents the Prime Minister with evidence
exposing the slave trade in the African Congo. After one year John and
Jane staying in Africa live in Janes fathers old house and have their first
child.