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| George of the Jungle 2 | |
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| Directed by | David Grossman |
| Screenplay by | Jordan Moffet |
| Produced by | Gregg Hoffman Jordan Kerner |
| Starring | Thomas Haden Church Julie Benz Christina Pickles Angus T. Jones Kelly Miller John Kassir Michael Clarke Duncan John Cleese Christopher Showerman |
| Narrated by | Keith Scott |
| Cinematography | David Burr |
| Edited by | Alan Cody |
| Music by | J. A. C. Redford |
| Production companies | The Kerner Entertainment Company DreamWorks Classics Bullwinkle Studios |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
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| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
George of the Jungle 2 is the 2003 direct-to-video sequel of the 1997 Disney film George of the Jungle. It was directed by David Grossman, written by Jordan Moffet, and stars Thomas Haden Church, Julie Benz, Christina Pickles, Angus T. Jones, Michael Clarke Duncan, John Cleese, and introducing Christopher Showerman as "George". The movie focuses on George trying to save Ape Mountain from his evil arch-nemesis Lyle (Thomas Haden Church). The sequel was widely panned.
Plot
The film opens with an animated segment depicting arguments amongst the animals when George (Christopher Showerman) and his son Junior (Angus T. Jones) ride in on Shep. George is currently in a situation where he isn't able to keep track of whether to help the animals, and to be with Ursula (Julie Benz) and Junior. George also wants to teach Jr. how to vine swing, but Jr. prefers vine surfing. George wanting to spend some time with Ursula does not impress some the animals including the Mean Lion (voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan), who wants the throne for himself.
Meanwhile, Ursula's mother, Beatrice Stanhope (Christina Pickles), and three of the Swahilian explorers from the previous film arrive for Junior's birthday. George gives his son a spear, while Beatrice has bought lots of expensive items, to coax Ursula and her son to come back to San Francisco. Secretly, Beatrice is in a plot with Lyle Van De Groot (Thomas Haden Church) to steal the deed to Ape Mountain, in order to get Ursula as his wife. Their guess is that George's brother, Ape (voiced by John Cleese), who is gambling in Las Vegas, has the deed to Ape Mountain, so Lyle cheats in a game of poker, making Ape lose. Discovering Ape doesn't own the deed to the mountain, but George does, he makes Ape work off his debts from the gambling by working in his theatre for the next 17 years. Beatrice tries to convince George to let Ursula and Junior go back to the United States, but he goes with them to see Ape in Las Vegas, leaving the Mean Lion to have the advantage to take over the jungle as the new king.
Lyle and his agents, Sally (Marjean Holden) and Kowalski (Erika Heynatz), break into George's room. They go through George's underwear. They almost give up after much searching, but eventually they find the deed. After several failed attempts by her mother and friends (who are also in plot with her) to convince Ursula to leave George and go back to San Francisco, they get a hypnotist to hypnotize her into forgetting George and thinking Lyle is her husband. As Lyle has the deed, he orders bulldozers to destroy the jungle. George, Ape, and Rocky the kangaroo attempt to find Ursula and Junior and take them back to the jungle. As Ape, George and Rocky try and escape to the Jungle. They encounter Sally and Kowalski who have come to capture them, the women attempt to capture them, holding them at gun point. But Ape manages to disarm them and they make a run for it with a chase ensuing. Despite almost capturing George, an attendant stops the women by holding them down briefly giving Ape and George a chance to run for it. Thus they get away from the rather attractive two. After another chase involving animal patrol and the police happens on the roof, Lyle's women are searching an old granny instead of cranny. George finds Ursula, who doesn't recognize him due to the hypnotism. Junior and the others head back to the jungle (hiding, this time, in a bigger box as George got advice from Brendan Fraser, who played George in the previous film). Lyle has sent his agents over already to destroy the jungle including his attractive but evil women.
After getting Shep to take them back to the treehouse, they find out that the Mean Lion has taken over, so George defeats him easily with something he learned when he was younger, pinching Lion's ear, which knocks him out. When George discovers the bulldozers heading through the jungle, he and the others fight by methods of catapulting coconuts and elephant feces (or "zug-zug") from palm trees, and igniting them by lighting gorilla farts. The final bulldozer is guarded by the two henchwomen, so coconuts aren't thrown at them as they can't hit women. The bulldozer is heading towards the treehouse, where Ursula is currently unconscious in a hammock. After George manages to climb on the bulldozer, he tries to reason with Sally but fails.Kowalski jumps over to try and help her colleague however for them this would prove to be a great mistake. With the women trying to get rid of George Rocky gets rid of the driver. Kowalski kicks George off the bulldozer but as they turn in to the bulldozer they look see Rocky. He kicks the two frightened women in the face which sends them flying across the jungle screaming! They eventually land in an open piece of land and Rocky hops along to face them.Rocky then proceeds to jump on the women's shoulders 5 times each, with them grunting and squealing in the process.Rocky then leaves the poor women buried in mud up to their breasts knocked out and unable to escape, thus defeating them for good! None of Lyle's accomplices are heard or seen again. Pressumably dead or knocked out. Afterwards, Junior swings into the bulldozer and shuts it down before it hits the treehouse. Lyle and Beatrice arrive and tell George that they won't destroy the jungle and will give back the deed if he hands over Ursula and Junior, but George, after convincing from Ape, picks Lyle up and hangs him from a tree branch by his underwear. George kisses Ursula, thus breaking the hypnotic spell. Lyle, angered by his defeat, insults the narrator, who responds by pulling his giant hand from the sky, grabbing Lyle and carrying him off to the sky.
After Ursula's friends are snapped out of their hypnosis, George and Ursula renew their wedding vows. The film ends with George vine surfing and Junior swinging back to the treehouse for lunch, before George crashes into the side of the treehouse when swinging.
Cast
- Thomas Haden Church as Lyle Van de Groot, George's arch enemy
- Christopher Showerman as George, King of the Jungle. He is portrayed as being less intelligent but well intentioned.
- Julie Benz as Ursula, Queen of the Jungle.
- Angus T. Jones as George Jr., Prince of the Jungle. George Jr. is a young boy trying to be like his dad.
- Christina Pickles as Beatrice Stanhope, Ursula's mother
- Marjean Holden as Sally, one of Lyle's hencwomen
- Erika Heynatz as Kowalski, another of Lyle's henchwomen
- Voices
- John Cleese as Ape
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Mean Lion
- John Kassir as Rocky, Armando
- Keith Scott as Narrator
- Kevin Greutert as Tookie
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Grouchy Ape, Chimp
- Tress MacNeille as Tiger
- Dee Bradley Baker as Little Monkey, Water Buffalo
Reception
The film received negative reviews as it holds a 20% "Rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes, with a score of 5/10.
References
- George Of The Jungle 2 - Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 4-28-2012.
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