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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Call of the Wild
2020
***
Director: Chris Sanders
Cast: Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan, Bradley Whitford, Colin Woodell, Scott MacDonald, Abraham Benrubi

In the turn of the century, a large and clumsy but goodhearted mixed-breed dog named Buck is abducted from his home in California and taken to the Yukon, where it serves several masters but is gradually drawn to the wild. Disney's adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel removes the unpleasant and potentially offensive parts and delivers an exciting and child-friendly but somewhat sterile adventure. Buck is a lovely character but overly anthropomorphic and fully computer-created.