The Jungle Book 2

"Feel the jungle beat."

2003 1h 12m EN

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 1,226

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Mowgli has been living in the man-village with his little stepbrother Ranjan and his best friend Shanti. But the man-cub still has that jungle rhythm in his heart, and he misses his old buddies Baloo and Bagheera. When Mowgli wanders back to the wild for some swingin' fun, he soon finds the man-eating tiger Shere Khan is lurking in the shadows and planning his revenge.

“Feel the jungle beat.”

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Cast

Haley Joel Osment
Mowgli (voice)
John Goodman
Baloo (voice)
Mae Whitman
Shanti (voice)
Connor Funk
Ranjan (voice)
Bob Joles
Bagheera (voice)
Tony Jay
Shere Khan (voice)
John Rhys-Davies
Ranjan's Father (voice)
Jim Cummings
Kaa / Colonel Hathi / M.C. Monkey (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Trenbirth
Writers: Karl Geurs, Roger S.H. Schulman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 6.8× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Jungle Book Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joel McNeely. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher K. Gee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Haley Joel Osment and John Goodman and Mae Whitman carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Feel the jungle beat.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steve Trenbirth directs. Joel McNeely scores. Christopher K. Gee cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Made its money back 6.8× over at the box office.
3Released 23 years ago.
4Part of the "The Jungle Book Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Joel McNeely. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Christopher K. Gee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Haley Joel Osment and John Goodman and Mae Whitman carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Feel the jungle beat.".
9IMDB entry: tt0283426 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "tiger", "river", "village", "cartoon".

The technical file

Original score: Joel McNeely
Editing: Christopher K. Gee
Sound: Terry O'Bright
Runtime: 72 min · 1h 12m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $135,700,000
Return: 679% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

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The Jungle Book Collection

Collection of animated The Jungle Book films from Disney.

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Kamurai2020-07-16
★ 4/10
Decent watch at best, won't watch again, and can't recommend. Immediately, you can tell there is a dip in the quality of animation. To be fair, no only is this in that string of unnecessary sequels that Disney did, it is right after they switched from classic cell animation to digital cell animation, but it was 2 years after "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" and that looks amazing. The other immediate problem (even on the cover) is that Mowgli is still wearing his mystery diaper (never established where it came from) instead of actual clothes. As Mowgli struggles with being of two worlds (an arguably great point from the original movie), he extends his entitled behavior to returning to the Jungle, aggravating the village, as Sher Khan returns to hunting Mowgli, extending his obsession / pride (sort of a Moby Dick thing). Lacking some creativity, they return to some of the old songs (3 that I can think of, "Bear Necessities" and "Jungle Rhythm" being over used, and "I Wanna Be Like You" at the credits of all places) instead of using original material. As the adventures continue it's reveal that Mowgli had no natural connection to the animals, it's just that EVERYTHING speaks English, the other human characters don't bat an eye or lose a beat. It completely ruins the movie. At least in Tarzan it was clear he would "ooh ooh" to the Guerillas. What little charm they were able to drag from the previous movie to this one is just destroyed by that. The dramatization of Mowgli's endangerment also has a lesser impact this time, as he's survived before, and this time around we also have 2 other hapless children running about the Jungle who must have been blessed with invincibility to survive all that they do. I'm not saying there isn't something to enjoy here, but there is a lot more that I didn't, and there are far too many other movies to see.

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