Review of Wizards (1977) by Luke B — 21 Aug 2009
This bizarre and unique film could only have come from the mind of Bakshi. Throw all of your preconceptions of animation aside and enjoy this artistically different film. It has the good fairies and elves battling the evil mutants.
All goes wrong when the mutants uncover footage from a forgotten time, this footage is of Hitler and his atrocities. They use it to strike fear into their enemies and it's up to a Wizard, an Elf, a girl in training and a reformed assassin to stop the mutants.
Mixing the animated characters with detailed backgrounds along with live action battle scenes "made up" to fit into the film, it's a brilliant and ingenious use of the medium. The story will appeal to literally all ages, though maybe the youngest of children should steer clear.
The ending was both brilliant and hilarious, not to mention cool as hell. The voice talent was all very natural, each line sounds like it could come from a real person and not just a cartoon. This is a film for any fan of animation, craving something different from Pixar/Disney/Ghibli etc.
This review of Wizards (1977) was written by Luke B on 21 Aug 2009.
Wizards has generally received positive reviews.
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