


It has very high quality animation for a straight to video sequel and introduces some interesting new characters. Overall I am very impressed by this film.

I feel there are a few points not accounted for in the film notably the origin of the Outland lions (I can only conclude that only a few followed Scar and others joined them in the time period between Kiara as a cub and as an adult) but I prefer these things left to the imagination. The first time I saw it I thought only two of the songs were good (Upendi and One of Us) but after seeing it a few times I realised that the songs are extremely well written and catchy. From the opening song this film captures the spirit of the original. Then I noticed that all Disney sequels (bar Rescuers Down Under) went straight to video, so I bought it. I wanted to see this for ages but was put off by the fact that it went straight to video.
