The Jungle Book 2

2003
G
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

18K

YOUR RATING

John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, and Connor Funk in The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.

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Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

18K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total

Baloo
(voice)

Haley Joel Osment

Mowgli
(voice)

Tony Jay

Shere Khan
(voice)

Mae Whitman

Shanti
(voice)

Connor Funk

Ranjan
(voice)

Bob Joles

Bagheera
(voice)

John Rhys-Davies

Ranjan's Father
(voice)

Jim Cummings

Kaa
(voice)
…

Phil Collins

Lucky
(voice)

Jeff Bennett

Flaps
(voice)

Veena Bidasha

Messua
(voice)

Brian Cummings

Buzzie
(voice)

Baron Davis

Dizzy
(voice)

Bobby Edner

Boy
(voice)

Jess Harnell

Dizzy
(voice)
…

Devika Parikh

Woman
(voice)

Bhawan Manish

J. Grant Albrecht

Additional voices
(voice)
(uncredited)

Storyline

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Trivia
A plan for "The Jungle Book 3" involved Baloo and Shere Khan being captured, and sold off to a circus in Russia. So Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, and Bagheera would have to save them, and Shere Khan would have changed his ways because of his capture. Corey Burton would've replaced Tony Jay as the voice of Shere Khan. But after John Lasseter became CEO of Disney and Pixar, and due to the film's lackluster box-office returns, the idea, along with ideas for several other Disney sequels were scrapped.

Goofs
The film is set in India, yet the gathering at the monkey city includes hippopotamuses, which are native only to Africa, and ocelots, which are native only to the Americas.

Quotes
Baloo: In case you haven't noticed, kid, I'm no wild animal. Except at parties.

Crazy credits
A dedication appears and the end of the credits: "This motion picture would not have been possible without the inspiration from the original motion picture and the work of its talented artists and animators."

Connections
Featured in Goedemorgen Nederland: Episode dated 20 February 2003 (2003)

Soundtracks
I Wan'na Be Like You
Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by Smash Mouth
Produced by Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth appears courtesy of Interscope Records

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Return to the Indian jungle

You can say what you want about sequels, but some movies are suitable for them. That's the case of "Jungle Book", one of my dearest childhood memories. Although the Disney's sequels have earned a bad reputation (which it's understandable, but that's another discussion for now).

SPOILER) It's ironic that they took almost 36 years to make a sequel, but the movie takes place not many days after Mowgli came to the man village (SPOILERS OVER).

The story works actually better in this movie, the script is more tight and that's makes this movie watchable and enjoying. Mowgli's emotional journey is more well portrayed in this feature and almost (mark my word; almost) every character from the first movie appears again, which is nice. The new characters are also acceptable.

But the new songs and the humor are terrible and annoying. The animation is colorful, but I don't quite understand why this movie was released on theaters, when it has almost the same quality than a directly to video/DVD feature. Maybe the directors wanted this film to reach a bigger audience? Well, that's another discussion for now.

For those who like sequels; this is a okay movie and exiting movie.