White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Ken Olin

Writer (WGA):

David Fallon (written by)

Release Date:

15 April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family

Plot:

In order to save one of the last Alaskin native tribes, Fang bands together with a friend of his master to stop miners from destroying a sacred land. |

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Dog Actor | Sequel | Kids And Family

Cast

Scott Bairstow	...	Henry Casey
Charmaine Craig	...	Lily Joseph
Al Harrington	...	Moses Joseph
Anthony Ruivivar	...	Peter (as Anthony Michael Ruivivar)
Victoria Racimo	...	Katrin
Alfred Molina	...	Rev. Leland Drury
Paul Coeur	...	Adam John Hale
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Heath
Matthew Cowles	...	Halverson
Woodrow W. Morrison	...	Bad Dog
Reynold Russ	...	Leon
Nathan Young	...	One Ear
Charles Natkong Sr.	...	Sshaga-Holy Man
Edward Davis	...	Sshaga-Apprentice
Byron Chief-Moon	...	Matthew (as Byron Chief Moon)

Also Known As:

White Fang 2

Runtime:

Spain:106 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U (video premiere) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Aspen, Colorado, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood vs. Religion (1994) (V)

Rather Patchey

At 1.30 am on a Saturday what do you think a British network station would choose to show ? Something adult with some bad language , sex or violence ? A film everyone has seen on network TV a dozen times at least ? Or as is becoming more and more frequent a British independent movie that is so poor that it deservedly gets buried at a graveyard slot where no one can see it ? None of these things because the local ITV station decided to show WHITE FANG 2 : MYTH OF THE WHITE WOLF which is made by that well known factory of filthy films The Walt Disney Studios . That's right - ITV decided to broadcast a Walt Disney movie at 1.30 am !

First thing you notice is that it's a Walt Disney production ( Even if you haven't seen the on screen credits ) because we're shown wild animals and beautiful natural landscapes and the hero isn't Steven Seagal so it's obviously a Disney movie , in fact the hero is the eponymous White Fang who's a wolf and the humans are somewhat peripheral . Secondly we see for the first time since BLAZING SADDLES a tribe of Jewish Indians led by Moses Joseph and I'm not making this up moi dearz . I don't know what the producers were thinking of either . Moses Joseph ! Oi oi oi

As you might expect being a Disney production there's little in the way of bad language and violence and lots of fluffy mammals and romance and nature studies . Too much in fact because this holds the story up as we see the male hero and White Fang pursue their loves who at first glance ( YAWN ) aren't interested in them but you just know there's going to be a happy ending . As for the adventure element which involves evil gold prospectors ( Makes a change from evil oil barons I guess ) trying to enslave the Hebrew tribe this works in a fairly effective way and found myself wishing the producers had concentrated on this far more than the predictable subplots that we see in countless Disney productions

I also guess that I would have found this film slightly more palatable if the local ITV company had decided to broadcast WHITE FANG 2 at a respectable hour since the last thing you're expecting that time of night / morning is a Walt Disney movie . Despite the shortcomings I probably would recommend this movie as a family adventure even if it isn't 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA .