Rating: PG
Movie Release Date: December 25, 1994
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2001
Plot 411: After a tiger attacks a camp, a boy is lost and raised by wolves.
Review: Jason Scott Lee stars as Mowgli, an Indian boy accompanying his father into the field where his father serves as a guide for the British military. When a tiger attacks the camp, Mowgli is separated from the men and is never seen again. Mowgli grows up among the animals of the jungle, which include a bear named Baloo, a jaguar named Bagheera and his faithful wolf named Grey Brother. As an adult, he encounters Kitty (Lena Headey), the daughter of the military colonel Mowgli's father was assisting. She doesn't recognize him at all and wishes to civilize him. He returns with her to the city where he learns to speak and read. However, Mowgli's two worlds collide and he must choose where he belongs. The first thing I noticed about this movie is how skinny Cary Elwes was. However, I guess I shouldn't have been since this movie was done only a year after Robin Hood: Men In Tights. Overall, this was a fine adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic book. I think it could become a Disney favorite in many households because there's a good deal of humor, animals and action involved. There are, of course, villians in the movie but they are killed off screen most of the time. Some of the special effects in this movie don't hold up at all (like the scene where Mowgli jumps off a cliff and into the pool at the bottom of a waterfall), but I still found it charming in its own way. Also in this movie are Cary Elwes, Sam Neill and John Cleese.
Watch It: For a live-action version of a classic tale.
Skip It: Because I actually prefer the animated version better.
Movie Release Date: December 25, 1994
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2001
Plot 411: After a tiger attacks a camp, a boy is lost and raised by wolves.
Review: Jason Scott Lee stars as Mowgli, an Indian boy accompanying his father into the field where his father serves as a guide for the British military. When a tiger attacks the camp, Mowgli is separated from the men and is never seen again. Mowgli grows up among the animals of the jungle, which include a bear named Baloo, a jaguar named Bagheera and his faithful wolf named Grey Brother. As an adult, he encounters Kitty (Lena Headey), the daughter of the military colonel Mowgli's father was assisting. She doesn't recognize him at all and wishes to civilize him. He returns with her to the city where he learns to speak and read. However, Mowgli's two worlds collide and he must choose where he belongs. The first thing I noticed about this movie is how skinny Cary Elwes was. However, I guess I shouldn't have been since this movie was done only a year after Robin Hood: Men In Tights. Overall, this was a fine adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic book. I think it could become a Disney favorite in many households because there's a good deal of humor, animals and action involved. There are, of course, villians in the movie but they are killed off screen most of the time. Some of the special effects in this movie don't hold up at all (like the scene where Mowgli jumps off a cliff and into the pool at the bottom of a waterfall), but I still found it charming in its own way. Also in this movie are Cary Elwes, Sam Neill and John Cleese.
Watch It: For a live-action version of a classic tale.
Skip It: Because I actually prefer the animated version better.
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