Enticed back into the jungle by his friend Baloo the bear (voiced by John Goodman), bored man-cub Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) battles old adversary Shere Khan in this lame assembly-line sequel to Disney's much loved 1967 animated classic. A thinly plotted, charmless rehash, it's definitely down to the Bare Necessities - and after the third rendition of that famous song only the most forgiving child will be able to sit still for the glib on-screen antics that follow. A completely redundant offering that's rendered in cut-rate graphics, this is unremarkable, uninspired, unsatisfying and - even at just 72 minutes - over-stretched. Stick with the original.

Mowgli has been living in the man-village with his little stepbrother Ranjan and his best friend Shanti. But the man-cub still has that jungle rhythm in his heart, and he misses his old buddies Baloo and Bagheera. When Mowgli wanders back to the wild for some swingin' fun, he soon finds the man-eating tiger Shere Khan is lurking in the shadows and planning his revenge.