Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (Combat Wombat: Double Trouble in the UK) is a 2023 Australian animated superhero film directed by Richard Cussó and Tania Vincent, and written by Dominic Morris. The film is a sequel to Combat Wombat and the fourth film overall in Like a Photon Creative's The Tales from Sanctuary City franchise. The film addresses the topics of mind control and virtual reality.
Plot
An evil tech genius threatens to turn the city into a metaverse simulation, leaving the Combat Wombat to save the day. She'll save the world... after a quick nap.
Voice cast
- Deborah Mailman as Maggie Diggins / Combat Wombat, a lazy female wombat who turns into a superhero at night.
- Ed Oxenbould as Sweetie, a sugar glider
- David Wenham as Lenny Glick, a villanious chameleon scientist who wants to control all animals through a device that makes them enter a virtual world where their wishes are fulfilled but where they abandon their freedom and power.
- Elizabeth Cullen as Skylar, a teenage chameleon deliquent
- Mark Coles Smith as Reginald, an elderly sugar glider
- Dan Brumm as Chief Furbank, a elderly dingo
- Grant Denyer as Grant Quokka, a quokka with a moustache who works as a news reporter
Release
The film has worldwide sales by the Stuttgart-based company Sola Media, it premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival in 2023 but was only theatrically released in Australia on 29 February 2024 with distribution by Maslow Entertainment. and by Universal Pictures internationally.
Reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Cath Clark of The Guardian wrote that it was "an overly fast animation about a chameleon taking over the world with computer wizardry feels bizarrely inappropriate for children under five". James Croot, writing for The Post, gave the film a negative review, noting that it "suffers from a severe case of sequelitis". The Canberra Times' reviewer gave the film two stars and felt that whilst the film was "colourful and keeps moving" it was "loud and heavy handed".
References
External links
- Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back at IMDb
