Even the movie’s mash-up of Southeast Asian folklore, which borrows bits and pieces from all over the continent, feels less like an attempt to diversify a genre long past a legacy of lily-whiteness than a hodgepodge backdrop for good ol’ derring-do. It’d be easy, if a little reductive, to characterize Raya and the Last Dragon as a mere Disney princess movie with dystopian bells and whistles, or just a fantasy-cinema answer to decades of the Mouse House’s tiara-industrial-complex output a sense of empowerment and role-model rethinking has been embedded into Disney’s animated happily-ever-afters since the late Nineties. The title is a bit of a giveaway as to whom that is. Soon, however, this lone warrior will have a key ally in her quest. There are many enemies and obstacles that stand in her way.
Now, Raya scours what’s left of the five kingdoms along with her pill-bug-like pet hedgehog - he’s the rolling wheel, FYI - in search of the remaining shards of the Gem. Stream Raya and the Last Dragon on Disney+ here The Druun returned, leaving only a parental sacrifice (because Disney) and pockets of non-granite survivors in its wake. Paranoia among the factions, however, literally split the talisman into several pieces. A brave man named Benja (Daniel Dae Kim) is in charge of keeping it safe and sound his daughter Raya (Kelly Marie Tran), a sort of ninja-sprite in training, will one day take his place.
Those who rallied under the moniker of “Heart” protect the Dragon Gem. Tribes formed, each named after dragon parts: Fang, Talon, Spine, Tail. The bonds that held folks together had been frayed beyond repair, however. It was eventually repelled by a jewel that contained the combined energy of those magnificent, scaly creatures, who remained statues even as Homo sapiens regained their mobility. Then a plague known as “the Druun” swept in, a purple haze that turned man and beast temporarily to stone. Centuries ago, in a world known as Kumandra, nations were united and dragons filled the skies. A lone figure blasts across a barren wasteland, riding a single rolling wheel like a Suzuki motorcycle, face masked and emitting a very full-metal-Furiosa energy - this is our introduction to the hero of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, a cold opening served medium-hot.
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