The Lion King prequel has a repetitive feel about it.
Prequels, sequels, spin-offs, origin stories. Let me count the ways major Hollywood studios find to extract maximum mileage from their hits., the Broadway adaptation, the re-animated CGI version made to simulate a live-action film. And now we have the prequel, the coming-of-age story of Simba’s father, Mufasa, which is also done in a photorealistic style.
A tinge of melancholy hangs over the whole exercise since we watched Mufasa killed in the earlier films, but that hasn’t been allowed to subdue the series’ characteristically epic tone. Comedy, tragedy, ecstasy, pain. It’s all part of theYoung cub Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King.The comic relief has also returned.
It begins with the young Mufasa’s struggle to survive after losing his parents in a flash flood. He is floating down a river alone with no idea where he’s heading, when Taka, a prince of the local lion pride, sees him on the verge of being eaten by crocodiles.
This was inevitable. Even though the series is careful to leaven the serious bits with wisecracks from the ever-voluble comedians in the cast, it has always been all too eager in getting its message across. And despite Jenkins’ skill in regulating the pace, this one has a repetitive feel to it. Enough is enough.
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