Animals United

Animals United

Year: 2010

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: German

Directors: Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe

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As the annual flood that provides essential food and water arrives, a group of animals discovers that humans—who have been degrading their habitats—have erected a dam to create a leisure resort. United, the animals strive to defend their delta, thwart the construction, and deliver a clear warning that nature must not be tampered with.

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In the Okavango Delta, the annual flood has failed to arrive in the Delta. The water has become scarce and the native animals including a herd of rhinos and buffaloes, including Chino and Biggie, fiercely fight over it. A grey meerkat named Billy and a lion named Socrates set out to find more water, and during their quest they enter a scary and dingy place called “The Valley of Death” and then are met by a rag-tag group of animals from across the world: a polar bear named Sushi, a kangaroo named Toby, a Tasmanian devil named Smiley, two Galápagos tortoises named Winifred and Winston, and a rooster named Charles, all of whom have had their lives ruined by humans in some way and have travelled to Africa. That night, Socrates tells Billy the tragic story of how he and his brother Mambo entered “The Valley of Death” and how Mambo was shot a strange poacher. The next morning, the animals discover the reason for the lack of water in the Delta: a dam has been constructed to supply energy for a luxury resort called the Eden Paradise Hotel which is for the Climate Conference owned by a man named Mr. Smith. The animals meet a chimpanzee named Toto who is the hotel’s mascot, Toto helps the animals get their water back, however, a poacher named Hunter kidnaps Socrates, while the other animals escape.

The animals hold a conference where Winifred and Winston explain the deadly future that could be possible for animals. After the conference, however, Winifred and Winston pass away. That day, Billy and the other animals travel through “The Valley of Death” towards the dam. Hunter spots the animals and tries to stop them with a bi-plane, but is stopped by Toto. The animals then began to send a message by letting a swarm of locusts teach the humans a lesson for stealing the water by eating everything in their conference room, including their documents and their clothes. Billy rescues Socrates and they escape down a chute with the help from Toto. The animals chase Hunter and threaten to lower him to the den of tigers if he doesn’t tell them why he blocked the water, ending with Billy knocking the poacher out. The water then comes out of the dam making everyone celebrate the return of the water and invite Toto to live with them. There they go to the city to hold humans accountable.

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