Jungle 2 Jungle

Jungle 2 Jungle is a 1997 Disney comedy film starring Tim Allen, Martin Short and Sam Huntington.

Plot

Michael Cromwell (Allen) is a self-absorbed, successful commodities broker living in New York City. Wanting to marry his new fiancee, he needs to obtain a final divorce from his first wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who left him some years earlier. Patricia now lives with a primitive tribe in the Amazon jungle. Cromwell travels there to get her signature on divorce papers, but, upon arriving, discovers he has a 13 year-old son, Mimi-Siku (Huntington).

Related Topics:
New York City - Divorce - JoBeth Williams - Amazon - Jungle

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Cromwell attempts to bond with Mimi-Siku in his brief stay with the tribe, but against his protests, is coerced into bringing Mimi-Siku back with him to New York so he can "prove himself a man" (his tribe's chief gave him the task of getting fire from the Statue of Liberty). As Cromwell attempts to adapt Mimi-Siku to city life, hilarity ensues while Mimi-Siku continually reverts to his primitive ways.

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Mimi-Siku and the daughter, Karen (Leelee Sobieski), of Cromwell's partner, Richard Kempster (Short), fall in love. They engage in a short, harmless romance, but it causes distress for Kempster's family who fears Mimi-Siku may harm or deflower her (implied). Eventually, Mimi-Siku, Kempster's family and Cromwell succeed in defeating a gang of Russian mobsters intent on maiming Kempster (incorrectly thinking he has cheated him on a business deal). This event brings the families together and allays the Kempster's fears regarding Mimi-Siku's nature.

Related Topics:
Leelee Sobieski - Russian mobster

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Shortly after this event, Mimi-Siku returns to the Amazon jungle, disheartened with his trip to New York and his inability to obtain "real fire" from the Statue of Liberty.

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Shortly after his return, however, Cromwell and Kempster's family join him there for a vacation. It's also implied that Mimi-Siku's and Karen's teen romance resumes.

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