Violent content: Slapstick violence, threats of danger, falls and a few intense chases. Spiritual content: Kaa the snake casts a hypnotic spell over Shanti. Positive elements: Mowgli complains that “All you ever hear is rules, rules, rules and work, work, work.” In the end, he realizes that responsibility is part of growing up (it takes the a whole film to make the same point that The Lion King did in about 20 minutes). By the end, Mowgli must choose between his human companions and his jungle pals in a pointlessly tearful farewell with an obvious solution. Fearing that Mowgli was carried off by a bear meaning him harm, his friend Shanti and her rambunctious little brother, Ranjan, go after him. The chase takes them across the river and into the dreaded jungle. And while revenge may be a dish best served cold, the slinking feline would be happy to gobble up Mowgli any way he can get him. One night Baloo sneaks into the village and winds up rescuing Mowgli from an attack by a vengeful Bengal tiger (they could have called this chapter Jungle Book 2: The Wrath of Shere Khan). The bare necessities never looked so good to Mowgli, who longs for simpler days hanging out with his favorite dancing bruin. Set a very short time after the events of 1967’s The Jungle Book, this follow-up finds Baloo the bear missing his little “man cub,” and Mowgli bristling under the rules and chores of the man-village that adopted him.
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