Cartoon Review - Wondla

I was on MovieBox the other day downloading movies to watch during the weekend when I saw the animated movie Wondla. An unusual title that I went on to download anyway while keeping my fingers crossed and hoping not to have a boring watch or regret my decision.

For this review, the plot will be discussed side by side with my thoughts on the movie, while I try not to give too many spoilers lol.

So, after watching the movie, one question that was raised in my mind was, what do you do when all you've been told or indoctrinated with from childhood was all a lie? Well, this question is about the story of the character Eva Nine, who happened to be a human clone raised in a bunker by a Multi Utility Task Help Robot called the MUTHR unit.

For over a decade, Eva Nine lived alone with MUTHR, as the other children who were cloned alongsideher couldn't make it past the embryo stage. What happened was that the lab was compromised upon the fleeing of humans to safety. Apparently, the living condition of Earth deteriorated drastically, causing it to collapse and become unfit for human existence.

The bunker, or sanctuary as it was called, was meant to house and protect humans in their most challenging times. Unfortunately, things got complicated again, and they had to flee.

As Eva turned 16, curiosity got the best of her as she went on to explore an unauthorized area of the bunker. It was during her exploration that she saw details of other children and a note written, "Find me, Eva." Out of excitement, she attracted the attention of a predator who attacked the bunker, and Eva was forced to flee to safety while Muthr held off the predator Besteel so she could escape.

TRAILER

Before I go on with my thoughts on this movie, I'm rating it a 10/10. Although it started as a really boring watch, which made me go see the trailer to confirm I wasn't wasting my time. After which I became patient as I watched the movie unfold.

One quick lesson to grab from this movie is determination. Although the Eva Nine character was annoying, I admired her bravery. I loved how she stood up to Besteel, which eventually took her to Solas, where she came a step closer to unraveling what happened to earth and humanity.

It should be worth noting that before her confrontation with Besteel, she and MUTHR finally got a family to accommodate them, of which MUTHR tried persuading her to call off her quest. I watched Eva play the rebellious teenager, and this caused a rift between her and MUTHR as she stormed out.

It was an ugly scene, and I felt she went too far reminding MUTHR that she's a robot meant to assist her with tasks and not her mother to have a say in life.
While I misunderstood the Eva character at first as selfish, I later saw as the story unraveled that she was just a girl who needed answers.

Basically every action she took was rash and reckless, but what could be expected of a teenager who lived her entire life with the false promises that her family and other humans were waiting for her on the surface, only to discover that there is a possibility that she might be the last human on earth?

A really interesting watch, I must say, especially given how beautifully the values of friendship and family were portrayed. This we saw from the bond that Eva created with MUTHR and the aliens Rovender and Otto regardless of their life forms.

If you would be interested in this movie, it's a two-season incomplete movie with a rather sad and provoking end.

I do hope that we get a third season because we, the viewers, deserve that much.

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Images were gotten from IMDB, while the trailer was gotten from YouTube