Okay, so this probably isn't The Jungle Book you know and love, with dancing bears and comical monkeys. It is a darker version of the tale, and that's a good thing, because we don't need a carbon copy of the 2016 or 1967 adaptations of the tale. While younger children should be dissuaded from watching it - the jungle is a savage place - there is still a lot to enjoy for older kids and their parents. Oh, and was I the only one to realise this is the second time that somebody has shouted KHAAAAN to a Benedict Cumberbatch character?

Where the heck did this come from? Can talking animals receive academy awards? Those were my initial questions after watching. So surprised that whomever, decided to put the efforts and resources necessary to make a serious, talking animal, Jungle Book movie. You could tell right away something different was going on, and it didn't disappoint. Very enjoyable, and now I need an Andy Serkis remake of Little Mermaid (so I can enjoy it as much as my daughters).

Despite weak cgi for some of the animals. I don’t see why critics didn’t like this version as much as the 2016 film. It’s darker but more faithful to the book. Critics make it sound like it loses focus of the story a lot when Mowgli is in the man village. I think the film is pretty solid and under-rated though. Mowgli learns to feel at home in the man village but has to choose between that and the jungle. So the film doesn’t lose track of the stories heart at all. Unlike what Rotten Tomatoes says. Just don’t put it on for your kids. It has no problem being overly detailed with animal deaths. Otherwise I’d probably review it higher. One death scarred me too much though.

Daaaaaamnnnnn..he said you ain't special, that's just something mom tells you cause you come out wrong... Of allll the post apocalyptic, alien invasion, demonic things I have watched this year, that's the coldest shit I heard by far