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The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo
for some mild adventure violence and brief mild language.
Reviewed by: Michael C. Bach
CONTRIBUTOR
| Moral Rating: | Average |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | 10 to Adults |
| Genre: | Adventure Comedy Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 28 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1997 |
| USA Release: | May 16, 1997 |
| USA Release: |
| Featuring | Jamie Williams, Billy Campbell, Roddy McDowall, David Paul Francis, Gulshan Grover |
| Director |
Dee McLachlan |
| Producer | |
| Distributor |
- “The Jungle Book” (1967—animation Disney)
- “The Jungle Book” (1994—live-action Disney)
- “The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo” (1997—live-action TriStar)
- “The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story” (1998—live-action Disney)
- “The Jungle Book 2” (2003—animation Disney)
- “The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle” (2013—animation Phase 4)
- “The Jungle Book” (2016—live-action+CGI Disney)
This successfully outdoes Disney’s 1994 “Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book.” That’s not saying much.
Officially titled “Rudyard Kipling’s Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo,” this movie stinks, anyway its titled. Roddy McDowall does a good job in his small part as the eccentric King Murphy and “The Rocketeer”’s Bill Campbell is more than adequate as a circus scout, but even their combined acting talents can’t help the TERRIBLE script.
The jokes aren’t funny and there are many incongruities. For starters, this ill-conceived production shows a panther breathing steam next to three humans who aren’t (huh?). A 50 pound kid drags a 195 pound man by a rope. An overweight guide falls over a dozen times but when he won’t help find Mowgli, the other guide is upset (as if he needed his help). On the positive side, I felt that the animals were nice despite the low-budget. (I am a big fan of wild beasts.)
There isn’t much (bad) language, and while I didn’t want (to see) killing, they unrealistically avoided it. There is no nudity or gore. Unfortunately, the best thing about this were the trailers before it. Rent if you really like Bill Campbell or Rudyard Kipling. Otherwise, use the time you’ll save to begin work on a movie script of your own. There’s a good chance you’ll outdo this one!
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