Sequel doesn't have bare necessities

The Jungle Book 2

Director: Steve Trenbirth

Cast (Voices): John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Phil Collins, Tony Jay, Jim Cummings

Cert: PG General.

There is no earthly reason for Disney to make a follow-up to the great and fondly-remembered original … certainly not when it's as bad as this one.

Disney have a disconcerting habit of churning out some stinkers, and doing it with poor-quality animation which sets the artform back decades. We have just such an example of ill-considered tosh here.

The voices are nowhere near as memorable as those in the original, the plot does not warrant consideration of any kind, there is not a note from a song that lingers long in the memory, the artwork is ghastly.

It's a cynical dip into our pockets and an insult to the memory of JB1 … the King of the Swingers is dead!

Star Rating: 1/5