I was eagerly awaiting this leopard doc esp after the trailer & PBS Nature has previously released 2 of the best in depth leopard films in past 40 years. This one fails to deliver in every aspect. This doc is brief chapter in one leopard's complex life. It's facts are superficial & Disneyfied. Many shots are poor copies of BBC's incredible "The Hunt" film. Narration is overdramatized and spoken slowly, doling out basic facts most know, facts previously stated in captivating memorable ways in other excellent nature docs.
Since this film emphasized female leopard's LEGACY, that means cubs. More disappointment & no in depth filming of cubs. Both are unique, born with eye color gorgeous turquoise blue. No interesting facts or shots of growing cubs learning from Mom requisite leopard survival skills, nor playing as cubs naturally do. Most upsetting is how the filmmakers failed to aid a certain injury to her legacy, which adversely affects any leopard's survival, esp the young inexperienced adult. Instead, narration states leopard is in fit form when one can clearly see the inapposite & no follow up. There's also segment of a different leopard with disturbing injury that filmmakers are also aware of, & again display it like it's both normal & interesting, & do nothing despite it's survival is doubtful.
Leopards are endangered in the wild despite being most versatile big cat, each one is precious & needs help to survive in crowded limited spaces we force upon them- this is not stated nor shown in the film.
Leopard lovers watch recent Nat Geo "Jade Eyed Leopard" & old but stunning PBS "Eye of the Leopard" for real insight of a wild leopard's complex life, both beautifully narrated by Jeremy Irons. This Leopard legacy is pieced left overs patched into a short boring doc fit for very young kids.