200% Wolf 2024 Movie Review
Freddy Lupin is a young man and part of a werewolf family. In the 2020 animated film ” 100% Wolf, ” Freddy transformed for the first time – and discovered that at night he does not take on the expected form of a wolf, but of a white and pink poodle. How embarrassing! After proving himself to be a hero in part 1, Freddy still struggles with his appearance in the sequel “200% Wolf,” as he fears he will never receive the respect of the pack.
Freddy wants to prove his leadership skills during a rescue mission for a zeppelin that has run out of control – but the plan goes badly wrong. So he illegally asks the moon spirits for help. The baby moon spirit Moopoo is willing to help Freddy and uses his luminous powers to ensure that the little poodle suddenly becomes a stately adolescent wolf. However, the mini spirit falls to earth – and is soon in danger of extinguishing itself.
Freddy, together with his best friend, the street dog Batty, and her gang, must therefore find a way to send Moopoo back quickly. The dishonored Max seems to be the only chance. She once tried to steal the powers of the moon spirits. She now lives in the forest with many animals that she has bewitched. Freddy must quickly gain Max’s trust in order to find the right magic spell to save Moopoo.
The Adventures of Freddy is based on the children’s book series by Jayne Lyons, a Liverpool-born author who now lives in Australia, which was launched in 2009. As in the previous film, Australian director Alexs Stadermann and his creative team create a world full of bright colors to bring Lyons’ stories to the screen. However, this cosmos is often a bit too hectic. Some characters and plot elements are sometimes lost because the production does not always take the necessary time to develop them carefully. As a result, some developments seem rather formulaic; they are brought about too quickly and are soon overshadowed by other things.
The strength of 200% Wolf lies once again in the original design of the characters. The little moon spirit Moopoo, who finds himself in a kind of ET situation, is just as charming an addition as the large purple bat that Batty has to deal with in the forest. The slightly goofy sniffer dog Hamish, whose nose is not 100 percent reliable, is also a likeable supporting character. It is fun to watch the animal heroes accomplish their task and to be given the familiar but certainly timeless message that it is not about completing a rescue mission alone (and looking heroic accordingly), but about joining together as a community.
