Where to start? First, the characters. All poorly written, the Donkey MC is incompetent and unlikable, never grows. The villain, a Fox, is so hand-holding and breaks the fourth wall and talks to the audience for no reason (Fox, you are a bad guy, but not "Zach Morris" level of bad guy). The king and prince aren't that invested in the story and just go along here and there. The plot is convoluted starting from the Fox convincing the king to stepping down and rigging an election for the prince, and nominees for king are selected ala American Idol. Eventually there is a protest and revolution with the Donkey becoming King. Then things go wrong as the Donkey doesn't know what to do. Then citizens are disappearing. It turns out *gasp* the Fox was working with a HUMAN Circus Ringmaster in kidnapping the anthropomorphic citizens and the king and prince to sell them to the circus. (What?) Then a clunky chase scene ensues, with the Donkey saving the day. The king convinces the donkey to keep the crown, but the Donkey makes the King the Commander in Chief. Oh, what happened to the Ringmaster? I don't know, he was only around for five minutes. He didn't leave his lair, I guess. He only laughed and growled. That's it. The design is interesting, but it doesn't do any good when the animation is clunky. Please, criticism is required to teach these production teams what they got wrong and what can be done right next time. And I get that there's a grading curve because it's a first project for this Pakistani production team, and only the English dub is available, which made the movie messy in the first place. This was an ambitious start for the production team, but they should realize that they still have MILES to go against the rest of the world to be even considered a good studio, much less an excellent studio.
Review of The Donkey King
