The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
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Two opossum brothers must team up with a wild weasel to stop a brainy dinosaur from conquering a hidden land.
The story
After accidentally destroying their summer habitat and causing an avalanche, the opossum brothers Crash and Eddie are declared unfit to survive on their own. Seeking to prove their independence, they secretly leave their camp and stumble into the Lost World, a land inhabited by dinosaurs. There, they encounter their old friend Buck Wild, who warns them of a bipedal Protoceratops named Orson. Orson, who was once ridiculed for his massive brain, has escaped exile and intends to conquer the Lost World. Buck attempts to help the brothers return home, but discovers that Orson has already blocked the entrance with a boulder.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After destroying their habitat, Crash and Eddie flee into the Lost World, where they meet Buck Wild. Buck explains that Orson, a bipedal Protoceratops who believes in a world where the strong dominate the weak, was previously banished to an island for his beliefs. Orson has returned with an army of raptors that he controls using fire. Buck and his former teammate Zee join the possums to seek help from Momma, a female Tyrannosaurus. After a series of skirmishes, Buck is captured by Orson to serve as an example to others. The rest of the gang—Manny, Sid, Diego, and Ellie—eventually find the entrance to the Lost World and join the fray. In a final battle, Crash and Eddie use fire-breathing lizards to disrupt the raptors, causing them to chase Orson away. The gang is reunited, and while the opossum brothers choose to stay in the Lost World with Buck and Zee, they promise to visit their old friends often.
- First release year
- 2022
- Runtime (minutes)
- 82
- Production countries
- Canada; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- John C. Donkin
- Writers
- Jim Hecht · screenplay; William Schifrin · screenplay; Ray DeLaurentis · screenplay; Jim Hecht · story
- Cast and characters
- Simon Pegg · Buckminster "Buck" Wild; Vincent Tong · Crash; Aaron Harris · Eddie; Justina Machado · Zee; Utkarsh Ambudkar · Orson; Dominique Jennings · Ellie; Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes · Manny; Skyler Stone · Diego; Jake Green · Sid
- Genres
- adventure; comedy; animated
- Themes
- independence; coexistence; maturity
- Tone and mood
- adventurous; comedic
- Premise and plot tags
- spin-off; recast; direct-to-streaming
- Source material / true-story basis
- Characters by Michael J. Wilson
- Franchise connections
- Ice Age
- Content notes
- mild language; potty humor
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with some noting subpar animation and a dull story.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 19% · scale: percentage · review count: 37
- Awards and nominations
- Public Choice Award · World Soundtrack Awards · 2022 · nomination; Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation · Golden Reel Awards · 2022 · nomination
- Production trivia
- Originally planned as a television series.; It is the first Ice Age film not to be produced by Blue Sky Studios.; The title was changed from Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild to The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild.
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