OPINION
Last month I saw Mowgli, The Legend of the Jungle, a film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, but which Netflix bought from him the global distribution rights and released on December 7.
This version surprised me a lot and I liked it a lot, because it is far from the original that Walt Disney premiered in 1967 and which presents us with a rather crude and real story of Mowgli's life. A Mowgli who has to survive in a jungle full of friends, but also enemies who want to kill him, because some see him as an intruder and want him out of the pack.
In the film, in general, the main plot of Rudyard Kipling is maintained, but this version adds some slight variations that give it its own entity and make it interesting.
Also noteworthy are the special effects, which are very good and very realistic and which make us understand and believe more in what is presented to us in the film.
TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
Produced by: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Directed by: Andy Serkis.
Script: Callie Kloves.
Date: 2018.
Cast: Rohan Chand (Mowgli), Cate Blanchett (Kaa), Christian Bale (Bagheera), Andy Serkis (Baloo), Benedict Cumberbatch (Shere Khan), Naomie Harris (Nisha), Peter Mullan (Akela), Eddie Marsan (Vihaan).
Duration: 1h 44 min.
SYNOPSIS
A young boy is abandoned in the jungle after his mother died at the hands of a Bengal tiger. From there he is raised and accepted by a family of wolves who raise him as if he were one of them, but in that same forest he is surrounded by enemies who want to kill him.
Source: Warner Bros
