Mufasa isn’t a patch on The Lion King ...Middle East

What with all this deep-seated nostalgia – and trauma – it’s quite a risky undertaking to make a Lion King prequel, especially one focusing on that beloved character, and which ditches the classic cartoon for a super-modern CGI (it follows a 2019 “live-action” CGI remake of the original). You’ve got to wonder why Barry Jenkins, the lightning-in-a-bottle visual storytelling talent behind the likes of Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, and mini-series The Underground Railroad and one of the most exciting cinematic voices of his generation, has done it.

The film isn’t what you’d expect from Barry Jenkins (Photo: Disney via AP)

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Telling the story of the young Mufasa and his brother Scar – and the origins of their Cain and Abel-esque relationship – Mufasa digs deep into classical themes of loyalty, family and revenge, seeking something vaguely literary amid all the wildlife spectacle. The much-loved mandrill Rafiki (voiced by John Kani) returns to tell the story of Mufasa and another lion, Taka (Kelvin Harrison Jr), the heir to the lion throne. As Mufasa is adopted by Taka’s royal family, the two friends go on a dangerous adventure together to learn their true destinies.

Aaron Pierre, the breakout star of Netflix action movie Rebel Ridge, is well up to the task of voicing Mufasa, with a singing voice to match. With music by Hamilton and Moana’s Lin-Manuel Miranda, you might expect the songs to be a bit catchier than they are – but these are the sticking point. Jenkins is the kind of talent who can turn his hand to almost anything and Mufasa is a respectable film as a result. But if this is the version of The Lion King that children of the 2020s are being asked to be nostalgic about, I’m not sure it’s up to the task.

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