The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Director:

Steve Trenbirth

Writers:

Carter Crocker (additional written material)
Karl Geurs (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Family | Musical

Tagline:

Baloo is Back Only In Theatres This February

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Village | Tiger | Vulture | Lost

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

John Goodman	...	Baloo (voice)
Haley Joel Osment	...	Mowgli (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)
Phil Collins	...	Lucky (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional voices (voice)
Veena Bidasha	...	Additional voices (voice)
Brian Cummings	...	Additional voices (voice)
Baron Davis	...	Additional voices (voice)
Bobby Edner	...	Additional voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional voices (voice)

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:G (certificate #39466) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (bw) | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:6 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | Brazil:Livre

Company:

DisneyToon Studios

Trivia:

With the exceptions of King Louie the Orangutan, Winifred the Elephant (Colonel Hathi's mate), and the wolves which raised Mowgli as a man cub, all the characters from the original Jungle Book return in this sequel.

Goofs:

Factual errors: There are hippopotamuses in King Louie's former palace. Hippos are native to Africa, not India.

Quotes:

Shere Khan: You seem surprised to see me, man cub.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Goedemorgen Nederland: (2003-02-20)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

W-I-L-D

I was disappointed.

I will have to agree with some commentators here that The Jungle Book 2 was a very big disappointment.

Disney Corp. should hire a team of movie experts and analyze the elements of the first movie and then repeat them again, with changes.

The only good part in my opinion was the new vulture played by Phil Collins, he was funny. Otherwise, the music which in version 1 was completely enchanting, and delightful is missing from version 2. Also they left out one of the best characters, King Louie, and above all, there was no plot at all. Alas! William, are there no more writers like thou?

Disney would die again if he saw this movie.