It’s a cliché at this point to say this movie or that hits different during a pandemic — but, well, sometimes clichés are clichés because they’re true. I’ve no doubt Raya and the Last Dragon would have been a crowdpleaser under any circumstances, with its endearing characters, high-speed action, beautiful vistas, and Disney-perfected combination of cute comedy and sincere drama. But its not-so-subtle theme of trying to find trust in a cynical world can’t help but wring a few extra tears in difficult times.
As explained in an animated prologue whose striking style nods to the film’s Southeast Asian inspirations, Raya unfolds some 500 years after the last surviving dragon, Sisu, saved the land of Kumandra from a rampaging plague that turned everything it touched to stone. Rather than rejoice in their shared salvation, however, the people of Kumandra turned against each other, eventually splitting into five nations constantly regarding each other with suspicion. When the plague suddenly returns, warrior princess Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) strikes out on a quest to save her family by finding Sisu in hopes she can stop it again. Read more…
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