

The music is by James Newton Howard, editing by Fabienne Rawley and Shannon Stein, production design by Helen Mingjue Chen and Paul A. It’s produced by Peter Del Vecho and Osnat Shurer. The screenplay is by Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen and the story is by Lim, Nguyen, Hall, Estrada, Briggs, Ripa, Kiel Murray, and Dean Wellins. Raya and the Last Dragon is directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada and co-directed by Paul Briggs and John Ripa. That said after Soul and Raya and the Last Dragon, they have got me back on the bandwagon. Of late, they had lost me by a significant amount with the whole “let’s remake classics as live-action movies and rob the IP of all its charm” trope. That’s how impactful Disney animated movies are/can be when they are letting the people at its helm tell it from their heart. But because I don’t want to relive that traumatic experience again and it’s still seared into my brain.

And I think I have seen that movie not more than two times not because I dislike it. Tarzan was probably the first Disney animated movie that I had watched and I still remember crying my little heart out upon seeing Kerchak (Voiced by Lance Henriksen) die right in front of my eyes.

From the costume design to sound design, virtual cinematography, and action sequences, it’s running on all cylinders, while the narrative delivers a much-needed message about humanity. The movie is undoubtedly an audio-visual masterpiece. But she’s in for a rude awakening as she learns about the toxic effects of distrust. And Raya (Kelly Marie Tran) thinks that the only way to unify them is by finding the last dragon, Sisu (Awkwafina), and restoring the gem. Raya and the Last Dragon, directed by Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs, and John Ripa, and written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim, takes place in the fantastical world of Kumandra which has been divided due to its people’s lust for the sacred Dragon Gem.
