Ultimately, Rim of the World never quite hits the right beats to stand on its own. In drawing inspiration from 80s movies, Rim of the World also repurposes many of the stereotypes and stock characters popularized by those films, leading to a flat core group.Īlessio Scalzotto, Miya Cech, Jack Gore and Benjamin Flores Jr. And, yes, it's exactly as gross as it sounds. Then there's ZhenZhen, who makes the bizarre transition from the silent Asian character to the wise Asian character for no discernable reason, and - because she's the only female character in the core cast - becomes a love interest for Alex, acting as his reward for being a hero. Their arcs are rudimentary at best, each having a weakness that they need to overcome in some way in order to save the world - and the third act just so happens to present obstacles that directly relate to their weaknesses. Each of the kids are introduced as little more than stock characters pulled from 80s movies: Alex is the nerdy kid being forced out of his shell, Dariush is the rich kid who tries too hard to be cool, and Gabriel is the delinquent with a heart of gold. On the whole, Rim of the World is a list of cool ideas loosely strung together and ham-fisted into the story, and that's no more apparent than in the character arcs of the four young leads.
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