As such, it comes as no shock that she’s arguably the only Disney Princess who doesn’t sing. With aspects of Mulan, Lara Croft, and even Milla Jovovich’s Alice from Resident Evil, Raya’s an army unto herself even before she assembles a team. Indeed, older fans will probably “ship” her with arch-enemy Namaari (Gemma Chan) by the time you’re finished reading this. In keeping with more recent additions Merrida and Moana, she needs no handsome prince.
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RELATED: Latest Raya and the Last Dragon Trailer Reveals Full Voice CastĪs an addition to the princess pantheon, Raya should capture a whole new generation of fans. And that’s a hard enough thing to do even when one has a magic dragon to prove the point, and a common evil cloud enemy. Essentially, it comes down to having to love your enemy, and not wait for them to trust first. Its proposed solution may seem simplistic, and it does to the characters within the movie as well. She also functions as the token optimist in what, for Disney, is a pretty depressing world.Ĭonsciously or otherwise, Raya and the Last Dragon addresses national divisions in a way many viewers likely won’t be able to hear. But while the obvious archetype here is Eddie Murphy’s Mushu, Sisu isn’t just comic relief. And unsurprisingly, the most awkward and insecure of her species. Somewhat unexpectedly, she finds Sisu ( Awkwafina) in almost no time at all - she’s a blue Asian-style dragon by way of My Little Pony. And Raya has learned that one dragon, Sisu, may still be alive at the end of one of Kumandra’s many rivers. In this context, the use of modern-ish kid slang in early scenes is a little jarring.īy the time Raya’s in lone warrior mode, riding her giant armadillo-ish steed Tuk Tuk, who can roll faster than he can run, the gem has broken into five shards. These lands bear the names of dragon body parts like Fang and Tail, but basically break down as Royal Siam, Evil Egyptian Island, Wet Market City, Mongolian Barbarian World, and The Indiana Jones Adventure. A large gem created by the dragons remains, but the five separate lands in once-united Kumandra fight over it. The Druun, large cloudy blobs that turn people to stone, subsequently disappeared and had most of their victims restored, save the dragons, who remained statues. RELATED: Raya and the Last Dragon Big Game Spot Teases Action and Humor And ( SPOILER) it also delivers one of the most frightening Disney fake deaths they’ve done in a while. But once the movie really punches the theme that it’s telegraphed early on - you have to be willing to trust your enemies to make peace with them - it unabashedly works. Go to five different lands and level up each time with a new piece of the magic thing to collect. It’s initially saddled with a video game plot. There’s a Mulan-like warrior fighting for her father’s honor with the help of a funny dragon, her Kung Fu Panda team of misfits, the Zootopia-style thief who appears as a cute baby, Indiana Jones traps, and a threat that’s basically the Nothing from The Neverending Story. Like its five fantasy lands that have become bitterly divided, Raya threads familiar elements from many obvious influences in a way that only really comes together at the end. It’s not entirely clear that Raya and the Last Dragon‘s story issues knowingly mirror its actual plot. Review: Raya and the Last Dragon Wants You to Have a Little Trust
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