Nice effects though.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Good (not great) wildlife footage is weighed down by a flat, uninteresting story and perfunctory human scenes (Martin Sheen collects a paycheck). The leopard cubs are cute, Brooke Shields is gorgeous (she has my favorite female body type), but the film as a whole is a bit of a well-intentioned bore. **1/2 out of 4.

In the 1990s there seemed to be a new mini-trend for BORN FREE-type movies detailing animal conservation in Africa. RUNNING WILD is one such film, a South African-shot movie featuring conservationist John Vardy playing himself, taking two orphaned leopard cubs into care and raising them almost single-handedly.Unfortunately this low budget tale feels quite twee and very artificial. The quality of the writing is below par and the script is very obvious in its depiction of human agencies and villains. The lead actress, Brooke Shields, plays a real airhead type character who just wanders through the scenery and gazes at the pretty creatures.RUNNING WILD's one saving grace is the stock nature footage, which is worth tuning in for. The leopard cubs are invariably cute and there are some other strong bits included, like predation footage which comes as a shock in places. The viewer gets a good knowledge of animal behaviour in its own environment, but I would have much preferred this to be a straightforward documentary feature rather than a failed attempt to make a real film.

Excellent animal adventure film in the tradition of Born Free and Living Free about an African conservationist who lives in a tree house and follows a family of Leopards for 12 years, and a Los Angeles filmographer who seeks to make his story known.

The only reason I turned this movie on is because I am a Brooke Shields fan. And I like Martin Sheen as well. The plot didn't appeal to me at first. But after watching this movie for a few minutes, I fell in love. With these two ADORABLE cheeta cubs! The movie is loosely based on a true story about a woman who pulled in by a man's story of his 12 year devotion to a cheeta and her life. Now this mother cheeta has cubs that need taking care of. Brooke's character wants to make a movie about this man's story. Anyways, it's real cute, and if you get the chance, take a look. I am sure you'll like it, and if not, you'll be at least saying "AWWWW!!!" a lot!!