AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

SnoopyStyle Samson the Wild (Kiefer Sutherland) claims to be the king of the jungle. He rules the New York Zoo. His son Ryan can't get the roar right and has a fight with him. The animals play when the zoo closes at night. Ryan goes off in a huff and accidentally gets locked in a trailer container. The containers are being sent to Africa to rescue animals being evacuated from a volcano. Samson sets off to retrieve Ryan with the help of squirrel Benny (Jim Belushi), koala Nigel (Eddie Izzard), giraffe Bridget (Janeane Garofalo), and anaconda Larry (Richard Kind). In Africa, they face off against wildebeest Kazar (William Shatner).This came one year after Madagascar and sometimes being first is being the winner. That's the case in this one. I don't necessarily blame this movie. I certainly don't claim that this movie copied anything from Madagascar. In fact, I'm sure Disney had a minor meltdown when they saw the similarities. This is less wacky than Madagascar. This story may be a slight improvement. The voice work is less wacky comedy although there is plenty of jokes. The animation is 3D semi-realism which makes Samson look like a stuffed toy. No matter any possible improvements or deficits from Madagascar, the comparison is never far behind and the movie suffers from the perceived lack of originality.

flavia_cj I'm proof of how this movie is forgettable: I had the misfortune to watch this thing in theater with my dad 10 years ago and I forgot absolutely everything in this movie only 2 hours after leaving the theater. I only remembered its existence literely now, when I saw this poster.The story, which I obviously don't remember too, is about animals that escape from a zoo and the old nonsense conflicts between father and son. We also had to endure this boring conflict with "Chicken Little," another atrocious Disney film, but more memorable - although I don't know if that's an advantage.The characters are ridiculous and dull imitations of Madagascar and The Lion King. I mean, look well for the design these animals. They just look so boring and generic.

FlashCallahan Ryan, a zoo lion, wants to go to the wild, where his dad once lived. When he gets himself shipped to Africa, his dad, and friends, work together to bring him back. When they get to Africa, however, the animals find themselves in danger. They have to fight an evil wildebeest called Kazar. But Kazar's safe compared to the other danger on the island- a volcano that's on the edge of eruption. Can the animals find Ryan and get out of Africa before the volcano erupts in so little time.....Despite the very strange animation, The Wild is a lot of fun to watch, and would have been a memorable entry from the Disney cannon if it wasn't for one little detail, its a blatant carbon copy of Madagascar that has little to no originality to it, which is really rare for a Disney film.Other than that. The cast are fine, Sutherland and Izzard are the standouts here, and the story is fine, father trying to save his child, but once the narrative veers from the zoo, it loses its way, and goes for sight gags, and stereotypes.Like I said, its fine for kids, but its Madagascar basically, just not as good.

Erwin Timmerman Maybe I just wasn't in the mood when I was watching this. Maybe I have seen too many cartoon gags. Whatever it was, I found most of the gags not really funny. I didn't really connect with the characters either.The animation is very beautifully done, but as another reviewer described it, "soulless". Many scenes feel as fillers, detached from the main plot. The last half hour the mood changes from funny to serious and scary. while that part still has some very funny aspects to it, it reminded me a lot of the "be prepared" song in the Lion King, the only part of that movie that I hated.All in all an OK movie. Not boring, not memorable.