Rating: PG
Genre:
Adventure
Release Date: 12/21/2004
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Like
The Bear, director
Jean-Jacques Annaud's acclaimed animal picture released 15 years prior,
Two Brothers offers a
family-friendly
epic as told through the eyes of its four-legged protagonists, who, in this case, are sibling tiger cubs
Koumal and
Sangha. Though a life in the jungles of French colonial Indochina circa the 1920s seemed certain, the cubs are separated shortly after their birth when the notorious hunter
Aidan McRory (
Guy Pearce) kills their father.
Koumal is whisked away to a circus, where he is cruelly beaten into submission and forced to perform tricks to earn his keep.
Sangha fares better at first -- he lands in the posh estate of a French government official who wants the big cat to serve as a companion for his lonely son, though a series of unforeseen circumstances ultimately finds
Sangha in the hands of a man determined to turn him into an aggressive prizefighter. Understandably, neither tiger is happy with his arrangements, and both escape captivity in hopes of returning to the jungle. Unfortunately for them, the prospect of two loose tigers is hardly comforting for the locals, who quickly demand that
McRory kill the cubs before they threaten the safety of the village. Once
McRory finds the tigers in their natural habitat, however, he faces a crisis of conscience he hadn't thought possible.
Two Brothers also features
Jean-Claude Dreyfus and
Freddie Highmore.
~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
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