![]() ![]() In some ways, this is as cartoony as the '67 version. Sommers would have done better if he had spent more time on character development (including some of the animal characters) and less on turning Mowgli into Indiana Jones. Lee ("Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story," "Map of the Human Heart") as Mowgli is required throughout much of the movie to convey his emotions and reactions without dialogue, and he seems up to the task, but director/co-writer Stephen Sommers ("Gunman," "The Adventures of Huck Finn") has Lee playing the role so broadly that it often just seems like so much mugging. But Elwes is really over the top as the villain of the piece (maybe he still thinks he's working for Mel Brooks in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"). It's fun to see Cleese and Neill hamming it up in their respective roles, both somewhat comic-relief in nature. In each of the 10 platforming stages, jungle boy Mowgli has to collect a certain number of jewels to advance. It's not hard to see where all this is headed, of course, and there are some amusing bits of business along the way. Description One of several games released in 1994 based on the Disney film The Jungle Book, the version for Nintendos 8-bit machines is similar in design to the Genesis version, but has a unique set of levels. But Kitty gets Mowgli out of the stockade, teaches him English and attempts to "civilize" him. When Boone finds the dagger, he tries to force Mowgli to take him to "Monkey City" and the hidden treasure. Mowgli follows Kitty to the fort, where he is captured by the jealous Capt. A short time later, Mowgli meets Kitty again, whose father is now the colonel in charge of British troops in the area.
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