The Wild Life

The Wild Life is a 2008 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Mark Dindal, produced by Pete Docter and written by Mark Kennedy and Tab Murphy. The film features a squirrel named Benny who wants to go to the wild, but when he gets into mishaps, his friends including a lion, an elephant, an Ostrich and a chicken, will try to get him and bring him back home.

The film features the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Jim Carrey, Willem Dafoe, Simon Pegg, Richard E. Grant, Zach Braff, John Hurt, Rupert Everett and Will Arnett. It was also produced by C.O.R.E Feature Animation, UTV Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures.

The film shares similarities to Madagascar, Chicken Little, Finding Nemo and Racing Stripes. It earned at the box office with million dollars and it was the highest-grossing film for animated feature. It was also opened weekend at the box office and opened in 6,440 theatres around the world in United States and United Kingdom.

Plot
Benny, is a squirrel, who wants to go to the wild. His best friend Samson, a lion was like Benny but with warm hearted. Benny has a dream of going to the wild but he was alerted when his birthday begins. He never knew his life were.

One night, Benny runs off and found a truck when he saw the view of the city. Samson was panicked when Benny run off, he teams up with Chicken Little, Horton, an elephant and Bradley, an ostrich To go find him. In the streets, Benny met Sal, a crow and teaches him to survive the city. The four had met some dangerous things, a dog chase and crossing roads. Samson searches for Benny, but he have no clue what they're in for. They found themselves in the city of London.

While escaping from the truck and rescuing Samson, they met two pigeons Rob and Bob and found a train station in the underground. Benny first arrived at the train station before them. Nigel, a pelican who earlier tells Samson about rescue mission, arrives to tell the others that they getting the train.

Benny goes to the streets of London and saw the boat on the sea ferries at the docks. He saw another boat and ride on it, which it could lead him to Australia. The animals saw the streets after the train station in the underground which they ran past through the night and saw Benny traveling on another boat at the sea. Thinking it was too late, Samson used another boat so he and his friends could travel across the world.

Benny arrives at the east Australian current at the beach waiting to be free in the wild, but he is captured by vultures led by Scar who lets him go and orders his vultures to get him. Benny escapes by hiding one of the boats and fled to the jungle. Samson and his pals arrive at the shores looking for Benny, but he realise that the boat is too far for him so he and his friends look for Benny.

When Benny is looking for a jungle, he is captured by animal control and he is put in the cage at the woman's room. There is full of animals at the cage, Lewis, a snake who likes being funny, Amy, a duck, Boris, a polar bear, Henry, a parakeet, Frankie, a penguin and Jane, a cat who likes being soft.

Samson and his friends were looking for Benny, but he is greeted by Buck, a weasel who helps Samson to find Benny. On his side were Verne, a turtle and Cypress, a dragonfly who keeps his eye contact.

While the animals look for Benny, Nigel arrives which he told Benny that Samson this on his way to look for him and helps the gang to find him. Sal sees Benny and told him an escape plan that Benny is going escape with them by distracting the animal control and which he agrees that the plan would be better.

With the help of the Pelicans and animals at the zoo, Samson and the gang realise that Benny is taken which Buck agrees. With his help, the animals need their search party. Benny's escape is really out of plan when the animals think it would be a good idea. The rescue mission begins with Sal telling the zoo animals the escape plan and soon Benny will be free from the cage.

Benny thought the escape would be easy. The animals in the gang are cornerd by seagulls who annoy the Pelicans earlier. Chicken Little hops into Nigel's beak and flies away from the seagulls who chase the two birds while Samson, Horton and Bradley follow them. The chase begins with Nigel swooping under the bridge and into the sky, distracting the seagulls by defeating them. The gang rush in to save Benny.

The animals arrive to rescue Benny. Just before the Animal Control woman could interrogate him, Nigel and Chicken Little rush in to save Benny by breaking into the woman's nursery office. In a mishaps of disaster, Chicken Little tries to save Benny, but the woman violently thrown the two birds out. The animals worked together by using a distraction by defeating the woman by knocking her out.

Nigel drops Chicken Little to his friends who following them from the chase by the seagulls earlier on and apologises to the gang for not rescuing Benny and flies home possibly to London. Samson blames the gang for losing Benny and he's going home after he thinks he's gone. Chicken Little tries to explain to him, but he refuses to listen and disown him and the gang so Samson started a fall out by walking away. The gang have to go find Benny by themselves.

Benny sees the gang after his escape by tells them how brave he is and he wants go find Samson.

Cast

 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson.
 * Jim Belushi as Benny.
 * Zach Braff as Chicken Little.
 * Jim Carrey as Horton.
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley.
 * Willem Dafoe as Sal.
 * Simon Pegg as Buck
 * John Hurt as Bunny.
 * Rupert Everett as Scar.
 * Will Arnett as Vlad.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel.
 * Garry Shandling as Verne.
 * Austin Pendleton as Lewis.
 * Isla Fisher as Jane.
 * Matt Lucas as Henry.
 * Rick Moranis as Rob.
 * Dave Thomas as Bob.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy.
 * John Ratzenberger as Boris.
 * Max Casella as Frankie.
 * Cree Summer as Mena.
 * Danny Mann as Serge.
 * Rowan Atkinson as Steve.
 * Christine Baranski as Sally.
 * David Hyde Pierce as Kipo.
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Ted.

additional voices

 * Jack Angel as Crocodile.
 * Rodger Bumpass as Flamingo.
 * Mona Marshall as Mother Hen.
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Monkey.
 * Jim Ward as Elephant.
 * Phil Proctor as Giraffe.
 * Patrick Pinney as Swan.
 * Paul Eiding as Hippo.
 * Bob Bergen as Turkey.
 * Jennifer Darling as Sea Turtle.
 * John Cygan as Magpie.
 * James S. Baker as Penguin.
 * Steve Barr as Lizard.
 * Mickie McGowan as Zoo Announcer.
 * Sherry Lynn as Goose.
 * Jordan Del Spina as Baby Elephant.
 * Gregg Berger as Gazelle.
 * Jane Carr as Skua.
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Spoonbill 1, Pelican, Sea Turtle 2, Dolphin, Flamingo 2, Crab.
 * Peter Siragusa as Lead Crow, Grumpy Crab.
 * Jess Harnell as Seagull 1, Elephant 2.
 * Debi Derryberry as Female Giraffe.
 * Fred Tatasciore as Flamingo 3, Crab 2, Penguin 2.
 * Bill Farmer as Peacock, Penguin 3.
 * Hope Levy as Female Giraffe 2.
 * Laraine Newman as Pelican 2.
 * Oren Waters as Hippo 2.
 * Bill Striglos as Vulture 1.
 * Randy Erwin as Lobster.
 * Jan Rabson as Seagull 2, Snail, Cricket, Crab 3.
 * Bruce A. Young as Rhinoceros, Buffaloes.
 * Evan Sabara and Daryl Sabara as Baby Elephants.
 * Andrew Stanton as Seagull 3, Giraffe 2, Pelican 3, Crow, Crab 4.
 * Troy Evans as Albatross.
 * Leslie Jordan as Spoonbill 2.
 * Bob Bouchard as Spoonbill 3.
 * Bradley Trevor Grevie as Monkey 2.
 * John Lasseter as Spoonbill 4, Pigeon, Pelican 4, Lobster 2.
 * Linda Kerns as Female Giraffe 3.
 * Vincent Martella as Spoonbill 5.
 * Joe Whyte as Pigeon 2, Pelican 5.
 * Jessie Flower as Baby Elephant 2.
 * Luck Hari and Kat Cressida as Mother Elephants.
 * Scott Martin Gershin as Hawk.
 * Jon Robert Hall as Pelican 6, Penguin 4.
 * Thomas Sangster as Spoonbill 6.