The gloomy teaser opens with two hunters taking photographs at a useless pheasant tied to a tree. “Have you ever ever shot a deer?” one among them asks. “No,” the opposite replies. “Have you ever?” After a dramatic pause, the primary hunter says: “Yeah … as soon as.” At this level, I misplaced it. It is all so extremely grim and critical which you could’t assist however get on board with regardless of the hell is occurring right here. The teaser ends with the arrival of Bambi himself, who’s offered as an enormous stag in a position to flip over a automobile whereas roaring. Can deer roar? It isn’t vital — this deer can.
Here is the movie’s synopsis:
We comply with Xana (Roxanne McKee) and her son Benji (Tom Mulheron) who discover themselves in a automobile wreck and shortly hunted down by the vicious killing machine, Bambi.
That set-up type of makes this sound like Stephen King’s “Cujo,” with a deer standing in for a rabid Saint Bernard.
Disney did not invent “Bambi.” The character originated in a 1923 novel referred to as “Bambi, a Life within the Woods” by Felix Salten. And that is the place the general public area ingredient is available in. Whereas this movie cannot use all the things from the Disney adaptation, it will possibly dip into the ebook for inspiration. In the meantime, all of that is constructing in direction of a film referred to as “Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble,” which is able to carry collectively the monstrous variations of Winnie-the-Pooh and Bambi with horror takes on Peter Pan and Pinocchio. The films are again, child!
As for “Bambi: The Reckoning,” there would not appear to be an official launch date in place but, however the movie is due out someday this yr. Preserve a watch out and in case you hear a deer roaring, run.