Wings (2012) User Reviews (7)

Never does take off and crashes and burns when at its worst

[TheLittleSongbird · 2/10 · 27 July 2015]

While Disney's Planes from personal opinion wasn't particularly good, not a plane wreck but disappointingly lazy, it is much better than this. The two are being compared due to Wings being advertised in a way that viewers immediately think that 'this is a rip-off of Planes.'

The good news is that Wings is certainly not as blatant or as insulting as most animated mock busters are, it's derivative of Cars (like Planes was) but seeing as Wings' release dates predate those for Planes I am not going to be so hasty to call it a rip-off regardless of the advertising. What stops Wings from being rated any less is a few solid character designs, not as creepy or as robotic as feared. Other than that Wings never does take off, and crashes and burns when at its worst.

Most of the animation is not very good. There's worse computer animation out there (even the worst of it is nowhere near Video Brinquedo or Spark Plug Entertainment bad), but apart from the character designs the lack of budget and polish shows in the flat colours, some very stiff movement and framing and less than handsome and polished backgrounds, some of it looking out of sync too and the flying sequences lack energy and are choppily edited. The soundtrack is reasonably pleasant and rousing on its own but doesn't quite work within the film; there are numerous moments in Wings where the music just doesn't fit with the action. Apparently it was different in the original Russian version, and there are times where you can tell that there were changes, especially in the soundtrack, the dialogue and some of the animation, and the original version probably would have fitted better.

In terms of writing Wings fares very poorly. The dialogue plays it far too safe, and lacks any spark, instead being very flat and shallow throughout. It's not insultingly juvenile or over-complicated, it just feels bland, with some of it feeling rambling or not particularly relevant. The story fails to maintain momentum, with its 88 minute running time starting to feel too long even as much as halfway through (Planes' story was very lazy and it was not one of the stronger assets of Cars either, except nowhere near as bad, but the storytelling in Wings is even lazier). Like the dialogue, some parts are played too safe with the flying lacking energy, invention or danger, action is very sedate in the early parts, while the latter half becomes muddled and some of the story felt jumpy and incomplete.

The characters while decently designed are rather cookie-cutter and have little personality or personality to hold one's attention. Dodo comes over as obnoxious, Cyclone is a dull villain who is more of a rival bully sort of character (which doesn't come over convincingly due to the lack of tension between the characters) whose comeuppance is incredibly rushed and the leads are inoffensive but with little to make them stand out. The voice acting is competent (although Rob Schneider really gets on the nerves), but fits in the category of just about getting the job done but with not much to distinguish themselves.

All in all, there's worse to be had, to be sure, than Wings, but it never does take off, feeling too bland, too safe, sometimes muddled and forgettable. 2/10 Bethany Cox

Not ugly, but very boring and somewhat annoying

[starmanlewis · 4/10 · 5 February 2020]

I wanted to watch this movie because I thought that this would be a good and intelligent knock off of Planes. When I watched the movie, it just didn't sync up with the trailer, and instead had little to no music. The movie had boring dialogue that you would expect from any other knock off movie. The 2D graphics were cool, but the 3d graphics were mediocre. The only thing that I remembered from this movie was the metal clanking when the dumb APC "blinks" his eyes. The "blinking" gets annoying and ends up to be the only thing you would anticipate in this movie. At least this movie wasn't just a goof up like "A car's life" or "Tiny Robots". Mediocre film.

The most professional mockbuster

[starmanlewis · 4/10 · 7 October 2018]

This is the only mockbuster I can call my favorite. Cute animation, and famous actors. Not to mention the theme song.

Don't watch "Wings"

[TheMunkeyBoy · 1/10 · 26 January 2014]

I knew this movie was going to be somewhat "b-grade" and riding on the coat tails of Disney's Planes... but I wasn't expecting such an overall bad movie. It was seriously terrible. TERRIBLE. I wonder if the better known actors that appeared in the movie knew what the producers were planning to release. The dialog didn't even flow. It was a very basic and done-before plot and they couldn't even make it hold my kids attention. They love movie night. But this just had them bored, they got up and found their toys and played in front of the TV, not even looking up. Like they knew it wasn't a real movie. No character depth (at all). Bad animation that was just clearly trying to copy a "style" of Pixar - but didn't cut it in any way. This was a waste of my money and my kids time. I was bitterly disappointed and am somewhat angry (partly at my self for not looking at reviews first) that I ever got this movie for them. Don't see this movie, it doesn't deserve any attention. It's shameful.

the most awful movie ever made

[lzhong103 · 1/10 · 13 September 2013]

Wings was absolutely the most awful movie I've watched in a long time. I can't believe it is even commercially available. We left half way because it was just so bad. Some girls sitting behind us got so bored they started playing with their dolls and chatting loudly soon after the movie started.

The characters in the movie are inappropriate for children - calling a plane a nickname like "Kamikaze" because he is a little clumsy, an other disrespectful remarks are typical of the lines of characters completely lacking any personality. No American script writer would come up with lines that are constantly insulting to all the characters, all the time. None of it was funny. It makes me think perhaps the script was written in another language, and then they had to translate it into English to try to make it intelligible.

Here is Google Translate's version of a review I found in German, as they showed it movie theaters in Germany:

Jets - Heroes of the Skies Movie review: We had a week ago issued a warning to all parents because all the evidence as to imply Jets - heroes of Flight ( Ot Vinta ) not only could be a mixed film experience , but moreover a cheap attempt two months before Disney's plan comes to German cinemas to draw unsuspecting families across the table. Now we have the film that will be released in German cinemas this Thursday , looked at in all its glory and have to admit our mistake : The movie is not as bad as expected - it is even worse ! First of all: What do we really expect from a child-oriented animated film ? Of course, the ideas vary depending on personal taste and age of children , but I guess we can agree on a basic definition , the Pixar chief John Lasseter once like this put it: "To make a really entertaining movie that people will not soon be forgotten , you need an exceptional , good story full of emotion and humor and amiable , truthful characters who live in a believable world . The audience wants to see things that have never seen it before . " With this picture of a successful film in mind, we now look at jets. We let the fact outside before that it was at Jets - Heroes of the Skies is a free rider in the slipstream of a Disney film, and consider only the film itself , to at least give him the chance to surprise . Finally, on a film about talking vehicles and planes with googly eyes even far away from Disney basically nothing wrong - except he is so poorly implemented like this : Jets and the studio responsible Touch FX animation from Armenia lacks any narrative and pedagogical knowledge . The viewer is confronted with scenes already in the prologue , whose production is not to follow their meaning and can be interpreted only later from the context . With each passing minute, the weaknesses of the film are evident. The characters talk incessantly but without really saying anything - free of relevance or motivation. The golden rule of filmmaking that showed things and should not be explained , is consistently ignored or simply unknown. The humor is limited to an even more embarrassing embarrassing slapstick animated bird. This reflects in particular the artistic limitations of the makers ( or the IMMENSE time pressure they were exposed ) , because between genuine , organic character animation - and and while moving of aircraft with eyes in the X , Y - for example, a Merida could be alive Z are worlds apart. The jets do not fly , they move as if they were drawn on invisible rails through the air. Even the animations of the Rusty Knight film acting in direct comparison just too vivid and soft. The entire film feels like a work of freshmen that the importance of a screenplay , let alone a storyboard have never heard of. They pounced rather just on computer animation programs whose manuals although they know by heart , but do not use in creative ways. Character development , drama , dramatic resolution , or quite simple factors such as fun and feeling are foreign words for this film. An identification with the characters does not take place , is to abstract the Aneinandereihung of scenes and dialogs , but everything was pretty textured and lit regardless of the consequences. Cheap Mockbuster like jets are produced each year in droves . My sole purpose is to earn money and swim along in the wake of major Hollywood productions. Typically, they rely on the naïveté of consumers who , in good faith , to have the real movie right to access . But never was a rental so bold and brought such a cheaply made film directly into the cinema - with the clear objective to mislead families ( other movies you should be known , then it writes in the comments) . Latest after sighting of jets every mother every father, grandmother , aunt, sister will be aware of how much they were deceived by this movie while the kids sit in the cinema and do not understand why the new " Disney movie" was so stupid . A very bitter pill of Splendid Film Distribution set before the German families. However, it should remain apparently not an isolated case , the " Splendid animation " logo in the German trailer suggests that the rent

Terrible Movie

[CritcialUnCriticialReviewer · 1/10 · 29 December 2018]

It is unclear on whats happening and when, its overall confusing and takes to long to get to the point. I would not recommend this movie to anyone of any age. My 7 year old boy actually hates it. Don't watch it unless you want to spend almost 1 and a half hours bored.

Worst mockbuster ever

[clancylong · 10 June 2021]

I cannot believe this is the worst animated mockbusters of the 2010s that i've ever seen along with Tangled Up, Kiara the Brave, Tappy Toes, Chop Kick Panda, Puss In Boots: A Furry Tail, The Legend of a Panda Warrior, Delhi Safari, Life's a Jungle, Fanatstic 4orce, Frozen Land, Birds of Paradise, Izzie's Way Home, Trolland, The Adventures of Petey and Friends, CarGo and Wheely, this movie is also a gigantic knock-off to Disney's Planes, which was kickasss, the main character Ace is so unlikeable, and his friend Dodo is so annoying.