Two tiger cubs are born in the ruins of a South-East Asian Buddhist temple, each with very different personalities. Kumal is shy and gentle and Sangha is bold and fierce.
Within time, Aidan, an illegal poacher of artifacts, leads an expedition to the very area where the tiger family has settled. After their father's death, the two young cubs are separated. Little Kumal is eventually passed to a circus where he is trained to perform under the name of Kumal—The Blood Thirsty Tiger. The fearless Sangha becomes the pet of young boy, Raoul, the son of a regional Administrator...
The two brothers are destined to meet again when they grow up. But this time, under cruel circumstances, they are forced to fight each. Luckily enough, the two brothers recognize each other and manage to escape from the circus. But are they really free? Will they succeed in their journey home to the jungle? Aidan: You see that old man, leaning on his cane? That woman with a child? What would you say if we find out that your two tigers torn off their legs or kill them?
Raoul: Songha never ate anyone.
Aidan: No, but he will, it won't be long.
Raoul: If he wanted to, he would have already done it!
Aidan: He will never learn to hunt, he is not afraid of people. He is going to get hungry, he is going to get the easiest prey he can find. The women in the fields, the children. You see all the great predators who escaped from captivity become man-eaters when they return to the wild. They can't avoid it. It's instinct.
Raoul: But they are not like that, I know they are not.
Aidan: No, you hope they are not, that's because you love Sangha.
Raoul: And you don't love Kumal?
Aidan: Of course I do, more than you know.
Raoul: So don't kill them, Please.
Aidan: I'm the one who took Kumal out of the jungle. I am also the one who let you keep Sangha, so this whole mess is my fault. If I don't do it, somebody else will. And I swear to you, after this is all over, I will never touch a rifle again. That's a promise. I will leave the tigers and the statues in peace. I will go back to my country and marry the woman I love... I'll stick to writing books.
Raoul: Then go and write books now.
Aidan: I can't.
Raoul: Songha isn't a killer. Nor is Kumal, they'll stay in the jungle. They will learn to hunt.
Aidan: Who will teach them?
在东南亚一座佛教寺庙的废墟中，一对虎兄弟出生了。这两个小家伙性格截然不同：戈莫胆小而温顺，桑哈则胆大而凶猛。
不久，非法猎手兼收藏品贩子艾丹带领的探险队恰好来到了老虎一家栖息的古庙。虎爸爸被射杀之后，兄弟俩骨肉分离。小戈莫最终被卖到一个马戏团，在那里被取名为“饮血兽”终日表演。而无所畏惧的桑哈则变成了地方长官的小儿子拉奥的宠物。
两只老虎长大后，命运注定他们再次相遇，不过这一次他们不是兄弟而是身不由己的对手。幸运的是，它们认出了对方，并想方设法逃离了马戏团。可它们真的自由了吗？它们能否成功地返回丛林家园？
艾丹: 看见那个拄着拐杖的老人了吗，还有那个带着孩子的妇女？如果有一天我们发现你的两只老虎咬掉了他们的双腿或是咬死他们，你该怎么办？
拉奥: 桑哈从来不吃人。
艾丹: 是的，但是它会，而且很快就会。
拉奥: 如果它想要吃人的话，它早就那么做了。
艾丹: 它永远都学不会打猎，它不怕人。它会饿, 然后就会袭击最容易找到的猎物：田中的女人、小孩。你知道，所有挣脱束缚逃跑的大型食肉动物，一旦回到野外，都会变成吃人的猛兽。这一点无法避免，这是本能。
拉奥: 但它们不是这样的，我知道它们不是。
艾丹: 是的，你希望它们不是，那是因为你爱桑哈。
拉奥: 你不爱戈莫吗？ 艾丹: 我当然爱，比你知道的还要爱。
拉奥: 那就别杀它们，求你了。
艾丹: 是我把戈莫带出丛林的，也是我让你收留桑哈的，所以整个混乱都是我的错。如果我不杀它们，其他人也会。我向你保证，等这一切都结束，我再也不会碰猎枪。我发誓！ 我会让老虎和佛像平静地留在这里。我会回国和我爱的女人结婚，我会继续写作。
拉奥: 那现在就回去写作吧。
艾丹: 我不能。
拉奥: 桑哈不是杀手，戈莫也不是。它们会留在丛林里学会狩猎的。
艾丹: 谁来教它们呢？