The Animation/Special Effects
I just want to get this part out of the way first, the voice acting and animation is Hilariously bad! The frame rate goes as slow as 5 frames per second and some of the characters are constantly smiling, even though they are supposed to be sad and/or worried.
I couldn't stop laughing at the badly edited scenes. They were just hilarious!
The Story
The story is about a prince who leaves his home to find out more about the world.
At first, I thought it would be a Mulan rip-off like many other of Golden Films's library. But this film managed to do its own thing.
Okay, the story isn't the most original out there, and the majority of the jokes in this are bad. But the film told its story surprisingly well for a bargain bin film and there were a couple of lines that did genuinely made me laugh.
The Characters
The characters are not the most complex out there,but the prince and his father, the emperor, are actually quite interesting characters (when you get over the terrible voice acting) that have interesting personalities and you do root for them to be happy.
The love story in this is definitely rushed. After a single song, they are like a married couple who have known each other for many years, but even Disney is guilty of that one!
The Songs
The songs in this are not very good. There are about three of them and the lyrics and tune of the songs are more cringy that memorable, and you do forget them very quickly.
But the actual lyrics spoken do suit the scenes of the film very well, if only they hired a better songwriter for this!
Final Thoughts
This is a film definitely aimed at very young children, very few adults would find anything of value in this film. But as a film to keep your children occupied for just under an hour, there are FAR worse films out there. You can easily find this on Amazon Prime and many other streaming websites. Even though the Animation is bad, this is just a harmless little film for even littler kids.
The Story 3/5 The Characters 3/5 The Animation/Special Effects 1/5 The Songs 1.5/5
Overall 2.5/5
