Venue:Cinemas
Date: : 26 May
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Staying with the topic of troubling tunes likely to take up permanent cranial residence, later this month theJungle Book is returning to Hong Kong. This, however, is not a re-issue of the 1967 Disney classic, but rather a contemporary live action re-imagining, complete with CGI’d jungle critters. It is no doubt proof that, once again, there’s considerable cash to be had by obliging kids to watch fresh renditions of parental favourites.
To be fair, the voice cast is certainly impressive, with Idris Elba proving a suitably tigertastic Shere Khan, while Scarlet Johannson offers a suitably seductive turn as Kaa, the python that looks to hypnotise the impressionable young Mowgli. While most of the songs from the original have sadly been cut, the director at least saw fit to retain the Bear Necessities (sorry) with King Louie, the fire-hungry ape, crooning his desire to be like you-hoo-hoo to Mowgli proving one of the movie’s highlights. As, of course, does Baloo the Bear’s evergreen guide to the good life.