Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization. It is a dark, dirty dungeon-like place where the children work and are kept in cells. There are the three head characters, Master Fish, a fish/human, Mistress Fowl, a bird like woman and the Hooded Fang himself. They also have green henchmen who spray "slime resistors" at the children to prevent them escaping. Two child agents try to help him out, as the children also come up with a plan for escape.
Acting
Gary Busey fully committed to nonsense in a rubber mask
Production
Sets that scream 'we spent the budget on Busey'
Director
George Bloomfield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Gary Busey's first and only children's film role during his notoriously chaotic late-90s period—he reportedly improvised most of his physical comedy.
The 1978 animated adaptation is considered a Canadian classic; this live-action version was so poorly received that the CBC allegedly buried it in afternoon programming slots.
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