‘The World Hunters’: great adventure for the whole family

The truth is that It is important to highlight the work of Flins y Pinículas as a distributor of animation and family hits away from the big studios. In the midst of a pandemic, they got good data with ‘Red Shoes and the Seven Trolls’, ‘Trasto’ and ‘The Dragon Rider’, three titles that managed to lure family audiences to theaters in the absence of Disney titles or Pixar. In 2021 they were successful again with ‘Oopsss 2! And where is Noah now? ‘ and in this 2022 they have been behind ‘Lunatics’ and, above all, the resounding success of ‘Ainbo, the Amazon warrior’, the brand new winner in the animation category at the Platinum Awards.

After the wave of “Tadeo Jones 3” and “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero”, the distributor seeks success once again with the French ‘The World Seekers’, the debut film by Samuel Tourneux, animator of Illumination and director of short films for the ‘Gru. Despicable Me ‘and’ Minions’. With a screenplay by Gerry Swallow and David Michel, this reinterpretation of Jules Verne’s novel ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ is a nice and ideal proposal to live with the smallest of the house on the big screen, especially for the charisma of its protagonists .

This is precisely the point it makes ‘The World Hunters’ may live up to other recent European animation proposalslike the productions of the Belgian studio nWave Pictures (creators of ‘The Magic House’, one of the already iconic commercial titles in Europe), like ‘The Bigfoot Family’, or German productions like ‘The Olchis’ or ‘The Elfkin’. The light-hearted character of this amphibious version of Phileas Fogg is a counterpoint to that of his faithful companion Passepartout, who here appears to be a cute, skittish boy with an overprotective mother. Both form a very entertaining tandem, with hilarious sequences and others in which the camaraderie that arises between the two is very well conveyed.

Of course, Princess Aouda, transformed into a brave pilot, cannot miss on this journey around the world, in a character update where her character can be seen and reminiscent of Juliette in the reboot of the movie “D’Artacán and the Three Musk Dogs”. The change in him also carries over into the plot, being much more dynamic and having moments of authentic splendor.

fun and captivating

Along with the characters, his commitment to seemingly simpler animation is striking. The French industry has proven it has nothing to envy of Hollywood with titles whose CGI animation was magnificent, like the cases of ‘Ballerina’, ‘The Adventures of Pil’ or ‘Fireheart’. In the case of ‘The World Hunters’, the film seems to focus on a cartoon style close to that seen in ‘The Bad Guys’ or ‘Red’, even if, in this aspect, the low production is denoted.

Just the French production has managed to have excellent results with features with apparently simpler 2D animation, as evidenced by the masterful ‘The famous invasion of the bears in Sicily’, ‘Dilili in Paris’ or ‘Calamity’. However, it is true that, until now, Cartoon style was not chosen in CGI animation. With which, to be one of the first attempts, the result is sufficientas it invites you to see more productions in this line, which brings that magic of craftsmanship back into a commercial context such as computer animation.

“The World Hunters” is a fun production, a classic adventure film made to win over a children’s audience. His intentions are very honest and he manages to materialize thanks to his charismatic protagonists (the villain could very well be a replica of the acid humor of Florence Foresti or Silvia Abril) and an animation style that seeks to innovate in the commercial approach. Decidedly, ‘Ainbo’ has found a potential successorwhich once again demonstrates the importance of betting on family cinema far from the majors.

Note: 7

The best: Its protagonists offer very funny scenes.

Worse: He has to perfect the Cartoon style within the 3D animation.