![]() ![]() ![]() Every voice lent to the film's animal cast is quite assuredly British, which is exactly what a film based on classic Hindu-British literature needed. The film is held up by an all-star cast for its animal characters who somehow bring out the exceptional sophistication of these creatures. ![]() There is an almost admirable quality of honor in this untamed world. The animals that live within are truly animals, capable of great ferocity, threat, rage, and hate, but still somehow love and compassion through the turmoil and ruthlessness of nature. The jungle is harsh and unforgiving, filled with raw struggle and conflict referencing the cruel law of the wild, which the Disney film only paid lip service to yet never embraced in its visceral glory. There is even one particular scene that probably left many kids traumatized. RELATED: ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ Review: A Blood-Soaked Version of ‘The Jungle Book’ There is grit, violence, death, and even brutality in a way that befits the original stories with serious, adult themes. So much so that it's arguably not even fit for kids. The Jungle Book is a Disney film, after all, and Serkis' jungle epic is a much darker, scarier, and even disturbing take on the original Kipling anthology. There are, of course, plenty of similarities with the Disney movie and Mowgli, mostly due to the remake taking more elements from the source material than the original animation did, but Mowgli is not the happy-go-lucky adventure film the Disney competitor is. ![]()
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