The Return of Jafar

The Return of Jafar is one hour and nine minutes and was released on DVD on January 18, 2005. As far as Disney's direct to video sequels are concerned this is one of the shortest ones. Also this movie has the distinction as well as being the first direct to video sequel. This time around Aladdin and Genie are reduces to being supporting actors while Iago is the lead actor or bird in this film. The movie starts with a group of thieves returning to their hideout after their latest plunder. Aladdin and Abu arrive to steal the treasures back and disperse it among the poor people of Agrabah. In the next scene we see Iago, along with Jafar's lamp, freeing himself from the Cave of Wonders. Iago drops Jafar's lamp down a well because he is unhappy with the way he was treated by him and flies off to Agrabah. Once in Agrabah, Iago heads to the palace and tries to trick Aladdin into accepting him in to his home. Aladdin is not fooled by this and chases Iago into the market and once in the market the two meet Abis Mal and his men. Abis Mal and his men chase Aladdin in the market and corner him. Iago accidently save Aladdin and Aladdin takes him back to the palace and puts Iago into a bird cage.Later on the Genie enters the movie after having traveled the world and reunites with Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. Genie arrives just in time as the Sultan is to announce that Aladdin is to become the new Grand Vizier. At dinner and after the Sultan has made the announcement, Iago enters the room being chased by Rajah, this makes the Sultan and Jasmine very upset. Later that evening Abis Mal and his men are by the same well where Iago dumped Jafar's lamp. Abis Mal unintentionally pulls up the lamp from the well and frees Jafar from the lamp. However, Jafar is bound by the rules of the lamp and must give Abis Mal his three wishes. Jafar tricks Abis Mal into wasting two of his wishes and the two strikes a bargain; if Abis Mal helps Jafar gets his revenge on the people who imprison him then he will give Abis Mal his third wish. From there the plot line is very simple. The two make it back to Agrabah and Jafar forces Iago to go along with his plans. Iago tricks Aladdin into taken the Sultan on a carpet ride to a place above a waterfall where the two can smooth things out. Jafar emerges in the palaces gardens and captures Genie, Abu, and Jasmine. At the waterfall Abis Mal and Jafar captures the Sultan and carpet.Aladdin makes it back to the palace only to be thrown in a cell to behead the next mooring for the murder on the Sultan. He is to die the next morning by the orders of the Princess; actually Jafar in disguise. Iago frees the Genie and Genie saves Aladdin from having his head chop off in the nick of time and Genie also save the others as well.Genie tells the group that the only way to bring down Jafar is to destroy his lamp. The gang set out to steal and then destroy the lamp. The gang is seen by Jafar and the battle begins for the lamp. During the battle Jafar opens the ground and it is filled with magma trapping Genie, Abu, Jasmine, and Aladdin. Iago flies and a grabs the lamp but Jafar injures Iago during the battle. Iago, with what strength he has left, kick the lamp into the magma and thus destroying Jafar. In the end Abis Mal does not get his third wish. As far a direct to video sequels goes, this is one of the better ones in my opinion. There is one major goof in the movie though; in the last scenes in the Aladdin movie, Genie is given his freedom and the golden shackles are removed. In the Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves the golden shackles return. The Return of Jafar gets an AAA+++.DVD FEATURESPlayBonus FeaturesA) Wish At Your Own RiskB) DisneyPedia: Wishes Around the WorldC) Disney's Song SelectionD) Registar You DVDSet UpScene SelectionSneak PeeksA) BambiB) The IncrediblesC) Mulan IID) Disney PrincessE) Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh

The disc was in great shape and played perfectly. Great movie from my childhood. Thank you!

Had to finish the collection, but arrived quickly and as described

Old classic movie

When this product arrived I put it into the DVD to play it and the only thing it said was PLAYBACK PROHIBITIVED BY AREA LIMITATIONS

i loved it, you have to look past some things to see the good of it, to me, being a Disney fan, i am a 53 year old kid at heart, woman, and i know that these were made for kids, kids is not going to notice little glitches, and the genie, well it was not Robin Williams but he still sounded good to me, i watched return of jafar and the king of thieves, i missed out on getting them when they went to the Disney vault, i am lucky to have found them on Amazon, i can not wait til they arrive

I know a lot of people give this straight to Disney VHS/DVD sequel gruff because it doesn't have Robin Williams and some of the animation is lacking, but on the flip side its a very entertaining sequel! I love that Iago gets a couple of songs, performed by Gilbert Godfried and Jafar is really creepy as the imprisoned genie. There's also a new villain, Abys mal, hilariously played by Jason Alexander. And if you ask me I believe Dan Castaneletta (Homer Simpson) is perfectly adequate as the blue genie.

Didn't know about Region Codes until I bought this movie. Package arrived on time and Undamaged.