Review of Strange World (2022) by Kai82 — 02 Jan 2023

While not awful a lot of the movie is generic. It does not help that I recognized the sources for the ideas like “Journey to the Center of Earth” and “Fantastic Voyage” which are better. Also the character developments, a lot of twists and outcomes are foreseeable.

I would describe Strange World as adventure and family movie with focus on political correctness and diversity. If this is a good or bad thing I will not specify as I will get hate either way. The story is set in a country of Avalonia which is surrounded by incredible high mountains which no one ever manged to cross to see what is behind.

Jaeger Clade is a famous adventurer who wants to find a way through the mountains with friends and his teenage son names Searcher. However after finding a strange plant that radiates energy a fallout happened and Jaeger continues while his son and rest of the team return home.

Approx 25 years later the plant changed the society but Jaeger never returned. I stop here to avoid spoilers but you should already make assumptions what will happen. While I liked the story and characters a lot is so predictable and foreseen from miles away.

I was not that much invested because of this and the immersion could be higher. Again I repeat it is not garbage but the sources for the ideas were better. This might drag down my rating a bit. The characters aka voice actors were really good and I praise the whole cast.

There is no misstep in the whole movie. Animation wist it is a beautiful and colorful movie. If the rest was as good as the animations and voice actors this would be a hit. Overall I think it is a 5/10.

I see this as a potential hit with a better story approach. In this state it is too generic for my taste of movies. Compare it to the gold standards of the last years like “Zootopia” or “Inside Out” to recognize the differences.