STRANGE WORLD (PG)
★★★☆☆
Don Hall, Oscar-winning director of Big Hero 6, ventures into treacherous territory with co-director Qui Nguyen in a fast-paced computer-animated fantasy.
Searcher Clade (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a farmer in the kingdom of Avalonia, who tends his sprawling plot to provide for wife Meridian (Gabrielle Union) and teenage son Ethan (Jaboukie YoungWhite).
There is little excitement in Searcher’s life, not since his famous explorer father Jaeger (Dennis Quaid) disappeared while scaling the snow
capped peaks that encircle Avalonia. Out of the blue, the Clades receive a visit from Callisto Mal (Lucy Liu), the leader of Avalonia.
She desperately needs Searcher’s expertise to avert ecological disaster. Meridian, Ethan and the family dog join Searcher on the descent into uncharted territory, where they make a startling discovery.
In cinemas Wednesday