With its blend of live-action and photo-realistic computer-generated effects, this action-packed adventure - which was inspired by Disney's 1967 animated musical and has an all-star voice cast that includes Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, and Scarlett Johansson - tells the story of young Mowgli (Neel Sethi), the orphaned "man cub" raised as a wolf and hated by the jungle's most vicious predator, tiger Shere Khan. Parents need to know that The Jungle Book is a live-action/CGI update of Rudyard Kipling's classic book of short stories that has many scary/intense scenes involving menacing wild animals. Music intensifies many of the potentially scary scenes.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. It's sad when Mowgli leaves his wolf family there are other scenes with hurtful words. Forest fire scenes portray the "red flower" as deadly and unpredictable a rainstorm leads to a mud avalanche that sweeps Mowgli into a raging river. He commands his army to dispose of Baloo and chases after Mowgli fiercely. Several jump-worthy moments when menacing animals pop up suddenly/threateningly, as well as when the monkeys kidnap Mowgli and King Louie gets angry. Shere Khan is cruel and scary he and the snake Kaa both nearly kill Mowgli. Animal characters fight each other in intense battles that involve teeth, claws, snarls, and roars. Many scenes of peril, danger, and pursuit in which Mowgli is chased and menaced he occasionally has some blood on his body due to scratches/abrasions/other wounds (he's also stung by bees in one scene). Others sometimes seem badly hurt/near death. Characters die one death is particularly sudden/shocking and upsetting.
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