Nostalgia Critic - Raya and the Last Dragon

Synopsis
Critic reviews Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, a computer-animated fantasy epic adventure film along with Disney Asian-American stars Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, and the voice of Mushu, Eddie Murphy.

Transcript
(After the Channel Awesome and theme song play, the Critic sits on the couch in the living room.)

Nostalgia Critic: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. Let me tell you the story about the most successful Disney Asian princess film from 1998 called Mulan.

(Images and various posters of Mulan from 1998 and 2020 are shown as "Reflection (Pop Version)" by Christina Aguilera plays.)

Nostalgia Critic: (voiceover) Back in 1998, Mulan became one of the most popular Disney animated film of all time. The film takes place in Ancient China where Fa Mulan, daughter of Fa Zhou, has to impersonate a soldier to defeat the Hun army from attacking all of the country with the help of her new dragon friend, Mushu. Yes, Mulan certainly seemed like the first Disney Asian princess movie. Then the 2020 remake came around. It failed critically and financially. The live action remake was released on Disney+ Premiere Access on September 4, 2020 instead of being released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It doesn't have I'll Make a Man Out of You, Mushu, Shan Yu, Cri-Kee...

Nostalgia Critic: AND SO MANY OTHERS! What happened? It was like the first Disney Asian princess flick, and then it got lost to this God-awful sequel and that failed remake. However, thankfully, Disney made the Southeast Asian princess film from 2021 that is simply known as Raya and the Last Dragon.

(The movie's title screen is shown, followed by a montage of clips from the movie.)

Nostalgia Critic: (voiceover) Yes, you asked for it, now here it is. Raya and the Last Dragon, the first Disney Southeast Asian princess film from 2021. It came out in theaters and on Disney+ Premiere Access on March 5, 2021, received positive reviews from critics, became a box office success, and sadly, even though I'm a fan of Asian martial arts movies, Kelly Marie Tran, the voice of Raya, literally shipped Raya and Namaari.

(Cut to Nostalgia Critic who sits next to the left and right are Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, and Eddie Murphy. All are in their normal get up.)

Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, Eddie Murphy: (in unison) That's where we come in!

Kelly Marie Tran: Raya's Kelly Marie Tran...

Awkwafina: Awkwafina's Sisu...

Gemma Chan: Gemma Chan's Namaari...

Ming-Na Wen: Mulan's Ming-Na Wen...

BD Wong: Li Shang's BD Wong...

Eddie Murphy: And Mushu's Eddie Murphy.

Nostalgia Critic: That's right. This movie will now be reviewed by five Asian-American actors and one African-American comedian.

Gemma Chan: It makes as much sense as anything else in this movie.

(The images of Raya and the Last Dragon are shown.)

Kelly Marie Tran: (voiceover) Taking place in a dystopian land of Kumandra, it follows Raya searching for the last dragon named Sisu, who hasn't been seen for 500 years as they would reassemble the Dragon Gem to blast the Druun away.

Ming-Na Wen: (voiceover) So, naturally, for months, fans of this film shipped Raya and Namaari, claiming it not only missed what Disney should do, but made the people very sexy that this film should be able to spawn a sequel or two.

Nostalgia Critic: Did (poster of 2009's...) Mulan: Rise of a Warrior do good?

Awkwafina: Yes.

Nostalgia Critic: Then this did very good.

BD Wong: (voiceover) And with all the requests the Nostalgia Critic gets to review this, he couldn't imagine how this movie became a huge financial hit like Mulan did. And now, let's get right to this.

Eddie Murphy: Let's not put it off any longer.

Nostalgia Critic: Let's take a look at Disney's Southeast Asian film. This is Raya and the Last Dragon.

(The movie opens with Walt Disney Animation Studios logo with bird and insect noises.)

Nostalgia Critic: (voiceover) The film opens with the Walt Disney Animation Studios logo as we hear bird and insect noises.