In search of fun and freedom, a trio of animal friends — a bold monkey with a temper, a timid, bespectacled parrot and a lightning-fast cheetah — escape from captivity….

Fu Manchu’s 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu’s age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir,…