I have recently watched this movie at the SCERA movie theater in Orem Utah and while I enjoyed the race scene. Unfortunately, the story was vague and rushed. It's about Zhi a Loris cartoon animal who races his whole life in a quiet Chinese small village and he meets a girlfriend named Shelby who they later get together on a date.
One day the Frog mafia gang including rude frog Archie Vainglorious who's a greedy businessman and a cheater in race car driving comes it to bulldozer the entire village except for Zhi's house and his grandmother is on the eviction notice and Zhi has to get the debt paid off in 10 days. Later on Zhi meets with a famous racer Goat named Gnash who tries to help him overcome distractions while being in first place since he crashes his car.
Then when the race arrives Zhi struggles to get 2 first place in 2 days. But on the third day after using a nitrogen booster for his monster truck they get first place and both Zhi and Gnasher argue and forget to cool down the engines they explode and they're out of the race for the night. But then Zhi's grandmother talks sense into Gnasher and Zhi and they get a race car replacement and they race head on and they get first place and Zhi's village is saved.
While I liked the race car driving, I was a little disappointed in the rushed story because the animators didn't spend enough screen time on Zhi and his girlfriend he's dating. I would've like to know a little more on the villagers he's living with. Also, there wasn't very much jokes even though the CGI film was bright and colorful. I liked that 2D pencil drawing sequence with the 1980s song "Take Me On" I'm wondering if it's a rushed scene, it reminds me of The Thief and the Cobbler 1992 with unfinished pencil drawings. I'm wondering if the animators ran out of production time and used the 2D animated unfinished pencil scene, anyways I wish there was more funny jokes in the film.
This CGI 2023 movie reminds me of Pixar Cars 2006 film and also reminded me of Pororo's Racing Adventure 2013 which also had cartoon animals racing in rocket bobsleds but it had a much better story.
Anyways, this movie is mostly a forgotten CGI film just like with Rock Dog, Artic Dogs, Uglydolls films. This is a film that families with kids can watch and no swearing even though there's some fist fighting scenes and a Seahorse dad pregnant with babies.
Sadly, this film will be overshadowed by Super Mario Bros 2023 reboot movie and Puss In Boots the Last Wish or Pixars Elemental. If you want to see it, you may have to wait until it comes out on DVD or streaming or digital downloads.
One day the Frog mafia gang including rude frog Archie Vainglorious who's a greedy businessman and a cheater in race car driving comes it to bulldozer the entire village except for Zhi's house and his grandmother is on the eviction notice and Zhi has to get the debt paid off in 10 days. Later on Zhi meets with a famous racer Goat named Gnash who tries to help him overcome distractions while being in first place since he crashes his car.
Then when the race arrives Zhi struggles to get 2 first place in 2 days. But on the third day after using a nitrogen booster for his monster truck they get first place and both Zhi and Gnasher argue and forget to cool down the engines they explode and they're out of the race for the night. But then Zhi's grandmother talks sense into Gnasher and Zhi and they get a race car replacement and they race head on and they get first place and Zhi's village is saved.
While I liked the race car driving, I was a little disappointed in the rushed story because the animators didn't spend enough screen time on Zhi and his girlfriend he's dating. I would've like to know a little more on the villagers he's living with. Also, there wasn't very much jokes even though the CGI film was bright and colorful. I liked that 2D pencil drawing sequence with the 1980s song "Take Me On" I'm wondering if it's a rushed scene, it reminds me of The Thief and the Cobbler 1992 with unfinished pencil drawings. I'm wondering if the animators ran out of production time and used the 2D animated unfinished pencil scene, anyways I wish there was more funny jokes in the film.
This CGI 2023 movie reminds me of Pixar Cars 2006 film and also reminded me of Pororo's Racing Adventure 2013 which also had cartoon animals racing in rocket bobsleds but it had a much better story.
Anyways, this movie is mostly a forgotten CGI film just like with Rock Dog, Artic Dogs, Uglydolls films. This is a film that families with kids can watch and no swearing even though there's some fist fighting scenes and a Seahorse dad pregnant with babies.
Sadly, this film will be overshadowed by Super Mario Bros 2023 reboot movie and Puss In Boots the Last Wish or Pixars Elemental. If you want to see it, you may have to wait until it comes out on DVD or streaming or digital downloads.