![]() ![]() ![]() Mowgli also adopts a bear cub named Baloo as his brother. Bagheera the panther discovers them lost in the jungle and leads them to the wolves, who adopt Mowgli and Grey Brother as members of the pack. In the chaos, Mowgli and his wolf cub Grey Brother are presumed dead. That night after a tour of the jungle, the tiger Shere Khan attacks the camp and kills Mowgli’s father, intending to kill soldiers that were poaching his game. I will admit upfront it doesn't have a patch on the original Kipling stories as an adaptation or a telling of the story of Mowgli, but it is very entertaining in it's own right. This was also my very first high-adventure style movie, and while it scared me at first as a child, I still revisited it to tap into that adventurous, if slightly gritty, spirit. So while this review may be a lot of nostalgia coming from me but I'd be remiss if I didn't attempt to give it as fair a chance as I could.Īt the time of the British Raj, Mowgli is the son of an Indian guide for a convoy of British troops led by Colonel Brydon. I re-watched it recently and found it to be very well-made, entertaining and pretty dark for a Disney film. Despite diverging in many ways from Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel, I personally really enjoy this film. Even then, the few people who have seen Stephen Sommers' take on The Jungle Book are either indifferent to it or think it's just "okay". It's strange reviewing a film that next to nobody has heard about. ![]()
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