Why did Disney decide to revisit the world of the 1988 fantasy film ‘Willow’? No one seems quite sure, including the creators of the new sequel series. Alan Sepinwall’s review
newbies and casuals will be able to follow along. The show is set decades after the events of the film, and life has been peaceful for all that time. Madmartigan has gone missing, but his wife Sorsha now rules the kingdom, and their children Kit and Airk are young adults who get caught up in an adventure involving Willow, the return of evil magic, and a search for the long-absent Elora Danan.
Even the show seems to occasionally recognize that it has too much backstory. In one sequence, Willow attempts to explain how magic works to Airk’s kitchen maid girlfriend Dove . “Magic is the bloodstream of the universe,” he begins. “Forget all you know, or think you know.” She interrupts to say, “Oh, I don’t know anything. So we can probably just skip that.”
That exchange typifies the other major issue: Kasdan and his collaborators can’t decide on a tone. In some moments, it is a straightforward swords-and-sorcery epic, with grave danger, heroic sacrifices, and an unmistakable sincerity. In others, it is a jokey lark where many of the characters speak in a contemporary vernacular — “Ugh, you’re such a!” Dove tells Willow at one point — and seem aware of the conventions of the kind of story they’re in.
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