The voice acting couldn't be more over the top. Leads: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and director of the film, Andy Serkis waste valuable time for audiences, when they could be doing better films. If this year brings some of the worst films cast, this film would be on that list.
Jack of all trades and director Andy Serkis makes one of the worst films of the year. It has however, a nice blend of color and action sequences but it's not enough to combat that weak and empty screenplay that possesses no positive qualities.
Not only does the films cast do a mediocre job at the voice acting, but granted that the story surrounds a boy raised in the wild, the young actor doesn't quite keep the pace between his animal characters and fellow cast members.
Running amok in the jungle needs to have some score right? Well, it does. It's scored by Nitin Sawhney. Sawhney makes an impressive score filled with up beat and fast paced qualities that might be too fast for the film itself.
One of the most overdone stories to get adapted to the big screen, the story of the "Jungle Book" and its new adaption is annoying at best with dazzling set pieces but it doesn't meet up to previous works of the tale such as the original 1960's adaptation by "Disney" and the live action remake in 2016.
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Rate: D+
Director: Andy Serkis
Starring: Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Rohan Chand. Cate Blanchett
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of action violence including bloody images, and some thematic elements)
Runtime: 1 Hour and 45 Minutes
Synopsis: Acclaimed actor and director Andy Serkis reinvents Rudyard Kipling's beloved masterpiece, in which a boy torn between two worlds accepts his destiny and becomes a legend. Mowgli (Rohan Chand) has never truly belonged in either the wilds of the jungle or the civilized world of man. Now he must navigate the inherent dangers of each on a journey to discover where he truly belongs. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, Rohan Chand, Matthew Rhys and Naomie Harris lead an all-star cast in this visually spectacular and emotionally moving adventure.
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