[NL]
In de gruwelijk verbluffende animatiefilm Unicorn Wars staan schattige teddyberen tegenover machtige eenhoorns in een heilige oorlog. Gehersenspoeld in een militair bootcamp worden de teddyberen geprogrammeerd om meedogenloos te doden. Wanneer twee broers, de gemene Azulín en de zachtaardige Gordi, een vermiste groep verkenners moeten vinden, begint een afdaling in de hel. Met een gestoorde premisse en visuele pracht, is Unicorn Wars een antifascistische fabel die militarisme, autoritarisme en religieus fanatisme verkent.
[ENG]
It's "Bambi meets Apocalypse Now" in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy from acclaimed filmmaker and illustrator Alberto Vazquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), who uses its outrageous candy-colored premise to explore religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism, and the depths of the soul. For ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will come to determine the fate of the entire war.
While its humor may strike some as needlessly crude, Unicorn Wars is a visually audacious strike against cultural and military fascism.
In de gruwelijk verbluffende animatiefilm Unicorn Wars staan schattige teddyberen tegenover machtige eenhoorns in een heilige oorlog. Gehersenspoeld in een militair bootcamp worden de teddyberen geprogrammeerd om meedogenloos te doden. Wanneer twee broers, de gemene Azulín en de zachtaardige Gordi, een vermiste groep verkenners moeten vinden, begint een afdaling in de hel. Met een gestoorde premisse en visuele pracht, is Unicorn Wars een antifascistische fabel die militarisme, autoritarisme en religieus fanatisme verkent.
[ENG]
It's "Bambi meets Apocalypse Now" in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy from acclaimed filmmaker and illustrator Alberto Vazquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), who uses its outrageous candy-colored premise to explore religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism, and the depths of the soul. For ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will come to determine the fate of the entire war.
While its humor may strike some as needlessly crude, Unicorn Wars is a visually audacious strike against cultural and military fascism.
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