❄️ Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)

🦴 When the Ice Age franchise hit extinction

Let’s start with showing y’all the trailer… so enjoy!

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📝 Non-Spoiler Rundown

Here’s the thing: Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild is less of a movie and more of a corporate “we still own this IP, so let’s squeeze one more drop out of it” kind of project. It’s the sixth entry in the franchise, but instead of being a big theatrical outing, it was dumped on Disney+. And you can feel why.

The story follows possums Crash and Eddie (Sean William Scott and Josh Peck are NOT here, btw—they’re recast with soundalikes). They leave Manny and the herd behind because they’re tired of being treated like kids, and they stumble into the Lost World where they reunite with Buck (Simon Pegg, bless his soul, still giving his all). Together, they face off against a new dinosaur villain named Orson, who wants to conquer the Lost World.

Sounds fine on paper, right? Wrong. The animation looks like a downgrade—like a Saturday morning cartoon knockoff of Ice Age rather than a proper film. And more importantly: did anyone ask for this? No. Nobody.


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🎭 Character/Actor Rundown

Buck Wild (Simon Pegg): He’s back, energetic and quirky as ever. Simon Pegg is clearly having fun, but even his voice work can’t carry the paper-thin story. Buck’s “madcap explorer” personality works in small doses, not as the central anchor of a movie.

Crash & Eddie (Vincent Tong, Aaron Harris): With their original actors gone, these two feel hollow. Their whole gag is “we’re dumb possums who want independence,” but stretched to a full runtime, it gets exhausting. They don’t evolve beyond slapstick.

Orson (Utkarsh Ambudkar): The villain of the piece, a dinosaur with a big brain (literally oversized). He wants to take control of the Lost World with an army of raptors. He’s more goofy than threatening and comes off like a rejected DreamWorks side character.


Noticeably absent are most of the main Ice Age cast. Manny, Sid, and Diego appear briefly in bookend scenes, but they’re basically cameos. This feels less like an Ice Age film and more like a spin-off pilot that somehow got promoted to “movie” status.


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🌨️ The Good

Simon Pegg’s energy as Buck. He’s trying.

A few mildly fun action beats in the Lost World setting.

Kids under 8 might find the slapstick entertaining.


That’s… it.


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🧊 The Bad

The Animation: Huge downgrade. Characters look stiff, lighting is flat, and it feels like a TV special rather than a film. After the theatrical quality of Ice Age 1–5, this is embarrassing.

Pointless Story: Did anyone want a Crash & Eddie spinoff? No. Did anyone ask for an extended Buck episode? No.

Missing the Heart: The herd’s family dynamic is what made these movies resonate. This special removes that heart and tries to replace it with “wacky possum antics.”

Forgettable Villain: Orson is bland and unfunny, not intimidating. His design and “master plan” are laughable.

Waste of Time: Ultimately, this just feels unnecessary. It doesn’t expand the franchise in a meaningful way—it just reminds you that the series is long past its prime.



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💀 Spoilers Ahead – You’ve Been Warned!

The plot is as bare-bones as it gets. Crash and Eddie run away, stumble into the Lost World, and meet back up with Buck. Orson, the brainy dino, has a plan to take over the Lost World by commanding an army of raptors. Buck trains the possums to be “independent” and fight back.

In the third act, they face off against Orson in a big battle. The possums finally learn “responsibility,” help Buck outsmart the raptors, and defeat Orson. Orson is humiliated rather than killed, left stranded with his own ego.

Crash and Eddie then rejoin Manny, Sid, and Diego—who were searching for them the whole time—and announce that they’re moving to the Lost World permanently with Buck. The herd shrugs and goes, “Okay, guess that’s fine.” Roll credits.

Nothing changes. Nothing is gained. It feels like one long filler episode of a canceled TV series.


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🎬 Final Thoughts

At this point, the Ice Age franchise had already been running on fumes. But Adventures of Buck Wild doesn’t even feel like a movie. It’s like someone fed the franchise into an AI script generator and said, “Eh, good enough for Disney+.”

Simon Pegg deserves better, and honestly, so do fans of the series. This isn’t the Ice Age we grew up with—it’s a cheap knockoff wearing its skin.

Final Rating: 2/10