The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wildis a spin - off of sorts , shifting the main narrative focalize forth from the darling found - category of the originalIce Agemovies , instead , making the prehistorical opossum twins Crash ( Vincent Tong ) and Eddie ( Aaron Harris ) the supporter . When their adoptive big sister Ellie ( Dominique Jennings )   suggests they block off doing fabulously heady activeness that could result in their kinsfolk ’s collective death , the   possums rebel , running away to the hugger-mugger " lost world " where they reconnect with Buck Wild ( Simon Pegg ) .

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Simon Pegg is the only actor who returns forThe Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild , and it ’s readily ostensible why . The story take in Crash and Eddie rescue by Buck when they venture back into the Lost World , and rapidly , they find themselves caught up in Buck ’s feud with   Protoceratops villain Orson ( Utkarsh Ambudkar ) . Orson wants to destroy the " concord "   Buck Wild has bring so firmly to develop in the tropic lost humankind ( although the fact that Buck needs to deliver Crash and Eddie in the first place somewhat undermines this title of   " harmony " ) . The villain ’s motivations are as flimsy and undefined as the rest period of the script , but with the added ( problematical ) stenography of the fiber being evil because of a deformity . At best , the script by   Ray DeLaurentis ,   Jim Hecht , and   William Schifrin is lazy — at worst , it ’s borderline offensive .

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The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wildis a stale , uninspired sequel to a much - loved franchise .   Much like the critically malignedIce Age : Collision Course , the sixthIce Agemovie swear far too heavy on retreading familiar soil . However , whileCollision Coursewas mostly a rehash of the earlierIce Agemovies , Buck Wildis even more egregious in borrowing heavily from children ’s media in worldwide . The kind of gag here felt stale in 2010 , and virtually none of the jokes estate . The originality , the pure zany energy , and the sense of fun and marvel in the early movies are completely absent ,   with Disney+ alternatively offer audiences a bland , cheap - look knockoff innocent of any aesthetic merit .

real budget aside , The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wildfeels very chintzy . The option to have young player essentially do impressions of comedian Ray Romano and Denis Leary does n’t really work — chip in the   canonic premise , none of the original trio needed to be in this film , and Sean Kenin ’s attempt to voice like Romano ( who voiced Manny in the previous movie ) lacks the comedian ’s inherent charisma and comedic timing . likewise , Diego ( Skyler Stone ) , Sid ( Jake Green ) , and Ellie   are super one - line compared to the versions played by Denis Leary ,   John Leguizamo , and   Queen Latifah , respectively , in the otherIce Agemovies .

There are some baffling selection inThe Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild . The one character the motion picture should have been able to sail through without its original actor , Scrat , never appears . The animation motley from impressive textures , pelt effects , and lighting to moments of clunky and weightless action like that witness in those creepy , algorithm - gaming YouTube video aimed at kindergartener . The raptors — the unspeaking henchmen of the movie ’s independent villain — look ripped from theHow To Train Your Dragonfranchise . It ’s unclear   what , if any , material - aliveness prehistorical beast these are root on by ( all evidence level to   Velociraptor , but again , they look nothing like the real - life dinosaur ) . It ’s exceedingly distracting how much their invention contrasts with the rest of the humans . There are also , inexplicably , flame - breathing reptiles . This flick confounds all reasoning — but , unfortunately , not in the fun fashion .

Buck Wild holding two animals in Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

WithThe Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wildbeing yet another major property acquire by the 20th Century Fox flock , one ca n’t help but wonder if Disney is intentionally sabotaging the IP . More likely though , this is just another illustration of Disney releasing a poorly made continuation in a highly successful enfranchisement — banking on the name acknowledgement to attract viewers . To be fair , The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wildwill probably entertain young viewers ; after all , the kind of stock , slapstick gags that adults roll their eyes over are stain new and hilarious to a two - year - onetime . In term of bequest , however , the film does nothing to   rehabilitate   the pop polish import ofIce Age — evoke perhaps this period of story is now , at last , over .

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wilddebuted on Disney+ on January 28 , 2022 . It is 82 minutes long and is shop PG for some action and meek language .

An all - newfangled animated adventure premier entirely on Disney+,The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild , twentieth Century Studios continues the hilarious escapades of everyone ’s preferent prehistoric mammals . despairing for some distance from their one-time sister Ellie , the thrill - seeking possum brother Crash and Eddie sic out to find a place of their own , but quickly discover themselves trapped in the Lost World , a massive cave underground . They are rescued by their one - eyed buddy , the escapade - loving , dinosaur - hunt weasel Buck Wild , and together embark on a missionary post to save the Lost World from dinosaur domination .

Buck poses with his arms crossed looking smug in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

An all-new animated adventure premiering exclusively on Disney+,The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, 20th Century Studios continues the hilarious escapades of everyone’s favorite prehistoric mammals. Desperate for some distance from their older sister Ellie, the thrill-seeking possum brothers Crash and Eddie set out to find a place of their own, but quickly find themselves trapped in the Lost World, a massive cave underground. They are rescued by their one-eyed pal, the adventure-loving, dinosaur-hunting weasel Buck Wild, and together embark on a mission to save the Lost World from dinosaur domination.

Buck talking to Crash and Eddie in Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild