Netflix's ambitious motion-capture-filled feature offers a darker look at the classic Rudyard Kipling tale, but even eye-popping effects work can't save it
for all his ambition, Serkis can't find the right tone for Mowgli and it becomes a very confused beast, neither fun enough for all ages to enjoy nor complex enough to be the visceral, grown-up thriller he nudges at
after the release of Jon Favreau's blockbuster,'The Jungle Book', Andy Serkis' 'Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle' may have intended to offer a darker, grittier take on the classic Kipling stories, but the end result proves to be more of a murky muddle
