the ice age adventures of buck wild rotten tomatoes

Though Buck continues to be a positive portrayal of a character with a disability, incorporating it into his persona and never letting it hinder his physical or psychological journey, the story telegraphs an incongruous, wrong-headed message through its Bond-like villain.

Then there’s the matter of disability representation. When relegated to one sequence, those same elements aren’t given nearly enough weight and pathos to resonate. This seems to be the story the filmmakers should have explored, as there are greater stakes, poignancy and character arcs to that tale. In the flashback montage when Buck explains his history with Orson, Buck’s diverse squad of superheroes battles Orson and fails. As the new foursome learn to work together to defeat evil, the herd is left searching and resolving their issues.īuck taking somewhat of a backseat in his own film is a counterintuitive idea that leads to some confusion as to this installment’s identity: Is it a spin-off, designed to appeal to a new generation because the former has aged out, or a sequel, attempting to build on brand familiarity? It doesn’t fulfill the promise of either.

They even enlist the help of Zee (Justina Machado), a witty, graceful zorilla who was on Buck’s superhero squad before it disbanded. However, with no time to return the goofballs back to the herd, the bumbling buffoons tag along. They immediately have a run-in with ruthless, intelligent triceratops Orson (Utkarsh Ambudkar), who’s returned from exile and is out for revenge, plotting to rid the land of mammals to preserve the dinosaurs’ ecosystem.īuck, who shares a dark past with the villainous egomaniac, knows that he needs to rescue his world, but can’t do so with the brothers hindering the mission. Disobeying their sister’s wishes, Crash and Eddie set off on their own across the wilderness and unwittingly stumble back into the Lost World, a hidden prehistoric paradise populated by both dinosaurs and mammals, one of them being their pal Buck Wild (voiced by series stalwart Simon Pegg).

The ice age adventures of buck wild rotten tomatoes