Lion King II: Simba's Pride (DVD)

The Lion King II Simba's Pride is a sequel to a Disney work of art. We pick up the story as the lion king, Simba and Nala have a new baby cub, a girl named Kiara. Like her father she seeks adventure and ends up outside the Pridelands, where lions loyal to Scar lived with revenge in their hearts. The leader, Zira schemes to use her son Kovu to destroy Simba. As it turns out, Kiara bumped into Kovu and fell in love. As always with Disney things Work out in the end. Once again Disney turned out a true work of art for children, the sequel will be a great favourite. The antics of Timon and Pumba are great fun and enjoyable, and there's plenty of ...

Although this sequel was released directly to the ‘Sell-through’ market it is of a better quality than similar Disney sequels. It easily surpasses the two Aladdin sequels and Pochahontas 2 in its production quality but falls just short of the standard required for a cinema release. It is let down by the story line which shows little imagination and amounts to a clichéd re-telling of a theme seen a thousand times. A lot of the original character voices from the first film are retained and Matthew Broderick and Neve Campbell are recruited as the principle ‘Stars’. The animation is of the highest quality and the soundtrack, though not ...