Ralph Bakshi said this film was the most personal for him and dealt with important matters like the dangers of technology and propaganda. Alas poor Ralph made into a film that is just hard to take seriously or even enjoy a whole lot...
"Wizards" is a weird animated fantasy that takes place on Earth millions of years after a terrorist attack caused a nuclear holocaust. One part of the earth is a kingdom called Mortagar where elves, fairies, dwarves, and creatures live in peace under the rule of a good wizard named Avatar. The rest of the earth is desolate and decaying wastelands that have radioactive mutants and demons from Hell roaming around under the obedience and command of Avatar's evil brother Blackwolf. Blackwolf has discovered old Nazi films and propaganda that he uses to inspire and motivate the mutants into starting a war for the planet where they will become a master race. To save the world, Avatar, along with a kinky fairy queen named Elinore, a brave and cold elf named Weehawk and a reprogrammed robot named Peace set off on a quest to stop Blackwolf and his armies.
Confused? Well the movie doesn't get much clearer. The movie is supposed to be like a metaphor for World War II but comes out as a mess and just too ridiculous to watch by the end. The humor is flat and the characters can get somewhat irritating to listen to(particularly Bob Holt's voice of Avatar that sounds like a bad Peter Falk impression). If you like Bakshi movies, you'll probably like this but definitely not for everyone. I give about 4/10.
"Wizards" is a weird animated fantasy that takes place on Earth millions of years after a terrorist attack caused a nuclear holocaust. One part of the earth is a kingdom called Mortagar where elves, fairies, dwarves, and creatures live in peace under the rule of a good wizard named Avatar. The rest of the earth is desolate and decaying wastelands that have radioactive mutants and demons from Hell roaming around under the obedience and command of Avatar's evil brother Blackwolf. Blackwolf has discovered old Nazi films and propaganda that he uses to inspire and motivate the mutants into starting a war for the planet where they will become a master race. To save the world, Avatar, along with a kinky fairy queen named Elinore, a brave and cold elf named Weehawk and a reprogrammed robot named Peace set off on a quest to stop Blackwolf and his armies.
Confused? Well the movie doesn't get much clearer. The movie is supposed to be like a metaphor for World War II but comes out as a mess and just too ridiculous to watch by the end. The humor is flat and the characters can get somewhat irritating to listen to(particularly Bob Holt's voice of Avatar that sounds like a bad Peter Falk impression). If you like Bakshi movies, you'll probably like this but definitely not for everyone. I give about 4/10.