Singapore isn't called Instant Asia just because of the ethnicities residing there, but because it instantly gives a tourist a glimpse into Asia's vast
114 minutes/Opens March 5, in cinemas and on Premier Access on Disney+
3 stars
The story: Hundreds of years ago, the mythical land of Kumandra was populated by humans and their friends, the dragons. The dragons sacrificed themselves to stop the evil force called the Druun from destroying the land. In the present day, human greed causes the Druun to resume their attacks. Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) must reawaken the dragon magic by finding the last dragon Sisu (Awkwafina) or Kumandra will remain forever haunted by evil.
They have done China (Mulan, 1998; and again in 2020), Polynesia (Moana, 2016), medieval Scotland (Brave, 2012) among others, and now comes the Disney treatment of our neighbourhood, South-east Asia.