A fun-filled and action-packed computer-animated adventure featuring unique and exotic zoo animals on the loose in the wild concrete jungle of New York City. An odd assortment of animals from the New York Zoo--including a lion, a giraffe, an anaconda, a koala, and a squirrel--discover what a jungle the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the wild and they embark on a dangerous mission to rescue him. Though the animation and the special effects are good, this movie seems to be a rehashed version of last year's release "Madagascar".

The Wild received some harsh responses even before the trailer premiered. Movies.com described it as "Madagascar meets Finding Nemo with The Lion King thrown in for effect." The movie has many similarities to Madagascar including its setting in New York, similar animals as characters, and the primary plot of introducing zoo animals to the wild.

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