The Jungle Book 2 is a 2017 American live-action musical romance fantasy comedy film starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Danny DeVito, Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Nicolas Cage, Michael Gambon, Fallout Boy, Bill Nighy, Kate Beahan, and Ellen Burstyn. It is a sequel to The Jungle Book (2015 film).
Summary
15 years later after Shere Khan's death, Mowgli is enjoying his life as a man. He is in love with Katherine Brydon but is hunted down by her ex-fiancé. Meanwhile, the animals must make sure the relationship happens in order to become humans.
Plot
The film starts with a prologue that tells what happened before the events of the first film. The narrator reveals that once upon a time Baloo and Bagheera were in a meeting with Rebecca the fox, the elephants, the wolfs, other animals, even Kaa (except Shere Khan and King Louie). They all are tired of being hunted down and wish they can become humans. They then see a beautiful enchantress (Natalie Portman) who offers them a deal. If the wolves' human son loves another human and gets her love in return, the animals will become humans. But if this fails, then they will turn into stone and die.
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Mowgli - The Main Protagonist of the film and he is now 25 years old.
- Emma Roberts as Katherine Shanti Brydon - The Main Deuteragonist of the film and Mowgli's love interest.
- Patrick Stewart as Geoffrey Brydon - Shanti's father.
- Aaron Eckhart as Colonel William Boone - The Main Antagonist of the film and Shanti's former fiancé later Mowgli's arch-rival. He serves as a soldier of the British Red Coats. His goal is to marry Shanti and to kill Mowgli.
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Buldeo - The Former Secondary Atagonist turned Anti-Hero of the film and William's side-kick.
- Danny DeVito as Tabaqui - The Tertiary Antagonist of the film.
- Alan Tudyk as John Wilkins - One Of The Quarternary later True Secondary Antagonists of the film and Harley's partner.
- Tyler Labine as Sergeant Harley - One Of The Quarternary later True Secondary Antagonists of the film and Wilkins' partner.
- Nicolas Cage as Baloo - The Main Tritagonist of the film and Mowgli's best-friend. He was a talking bear before becoming human.
- Michael Gambon as Bagheera - The Secondary Tritagonist of the film. He was black panther before becoming human.
- Fallout Boy as Joe - The new king of the Bander-Log and a ally of Mowgli.
- Bill Nighy as Kaa - A Indian Python who once tried to eat Mowgli but later became his friend.