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- 2001
- R
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)
- 1 h 39 m
- 2001
- R
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)
- 1 h 39 m
Summary When his mother is slain by a neighborhood thug as a result of her work as a vocal social activist, Seymour (Leguizamo), a mentally-challenged man, is shattered. The only witness to the murder, he goes looking for revenge. (Urbanworld Films)
Directed By: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Written By: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
- 2001
- R
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)
- 1 h 39 m
- 2001
- R
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)
- 1 h 39 m
King of the Jungle
45
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Summary When his mother is slain by a neighborhood thug as a result of her work as a vocal social activist, Seymour (Leguizamo), a mentally-challenged man, is shattered. The only witness to the murder, he goes looking for revenge. (Urbanworld Films)
Directed By: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Written By: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
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Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
45
0% Positive
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100% Mixed
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9 Reviews
0% Negative
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Overall, King of the Jungle never quite achieves a necessary, culminating insight about charity, or mercy -- though Leguizamo's performance puts one in reach.
Mr. Rosenfeld is a writer whose talent shines through in the way he harvests minute pearls.
Story's spurts of violence are designed to tear Seymour's world apart , but Rosenfeld's scripting and directing choices tend to lessen impact of a potentially gut-wrenching urban tale.
May be the biggest gathering of high-decibel performers in one movie. But they work well together and some are truly excellent.
Rosenfeld's film doesn't have much of a story to tell and tells it rather routinely.
The merely depressing ultimately gives way to the contrived in Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's King of the Jungle.
Leguizamo is all twitches and spasms; there's not a bit of subtlety in his high-wire performance. By the time you get past it, the film bogs down in dime-store potboiling.
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Production Company
Bombo Sports & Entertainment,
Forensic Films,
Rosefunk Pictures
Release Date Nov 9, 2001
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
Tagline He was just a kid in a man's body until his mother's killer made him a man with a gun.
Awards
ALMA Awards
• 3 Nominations
