milimani Now, before I start a short review, let's get a couple things straight...1. The Serengeti is in Tanzania, not Kenya. The part the borders the Serengeti is the Masai Mara, separated by the Mara River.2. Kenya is NOT in Central Africa but in East Africa. Good grief, where do some people get their Geographical knowledge from? As far as Jacksons narration is concerned... Just because he is black doesn't mean he's qualified to talk about Africa. Chances are he's never actually been there.The American habit of turning everything into a homely Disney story is sickening. If you call it a documentary, document, don't even think about turning a wild creature into a cuddly toy story character. They are not.I can only hope this doesn't actually make it into Kenya or anywhere else on the African continent, people might become nauseous.Animal do NOT have human emotions. Stupid script writer do, lions and cheetahs do not write scripts.The wildlife shots are good, after all, even I must be able to say something nice about this but then it was made by Alastaire Fothergill, which sort of speaks for itself.Sorry, but more then 2/10 wasn't possible.If you want to watch something good, just look for any of a huge variety of BBC documentaries. You won't be disappointed there.

ralph-176 I watch at least one movie per day and the African Cats was a GREAT surprise for me. The photography was absolutely EXCELLENT and the video was ABSOLUTELY superb for creating a story line that gets you deeply involved with the two families of African cats and their challenges to survive. With the south lion pride lead by Fang (older) and with Layla being a older and wiser lioness with a daughter named Mara comes some heart rendering real life decisions, especially when she becomes wounded and then we see the real life choices that she must make. Then we get to experience the challenges from Kali (younger male lion) who crosses the river with his sons to challenge Fang's rule of the pride - amazing storyline and video. As for the Sita, the cheetah mother with her 5 cubs, with her being the sole support and defender of her family comes some really heart rendering scenes as she puts it all on the line to defend her family from three male cheetahs, a pack of hyenas and male lions. Both families were great but I must give my vote for Sita for standing alone with only her courage and wit to get protect her family so that her cubs can become adult cheetahs.I watched the movie without the cut-in scenes (additional footage and story) and then I watched it again with the cut-in scenes. I almost NEVER watch a movie twice - EVER. This is a great movie with a story line with lessons for mankind and it also gives us a much greater understanding of the lives of both lions and cheetahs and their interactions with other animals in Africa.The scenes of actually terminating the lives of their game is cut short so this should be acceptable to most that can't or don't want to see what really happens during killing another animal, but this doesn't detract from the movie's authenticity.I can only offer my suggestion that this is a must see movie and I can't imagine not becoming involved in the animals lives; and, their real life challenges for survival; and, their many other varied real life experiences. I will be watching this movie again very soon.

Brent Trafton I watch a lot of nature documentaries and the ones by BBC Nature have set the bar very high. "African Cats" by Disney Nature is the first film that has equaled or exceeded BBC Nature in quality.The picture quality is absolutely stunning! They must be using the highest quality cameras and lenses. The editing and music are all top quality. Some people might object to the dramatic narration by Samuel L. Jackson but I liked it.Of course the real stars here are the lions and cheetahs. The film does a really good job of showing how they interact with each other socially. While some people might accuse the film of being anthropomorphic, I felt it did an honest job of showing their social hierarchy.If you are a fan of nature documentaries, you can't miss "African Cats."

lexasdel Simple...This is well produced (if over narrated), has some good scenes and an interesting story.However, if you have ever seen any wildlife documentary funded by the BBC/Attenborough (the brother from the old guy in Jurassic park), then there is little for you in this movie.There is no new information for us; just a completely average, middle of the road Disney-produced Big Cat documentary with a Samuel L Jackson narrative. Good if you've never watched anything similar, average if you have.