This eco-conscious action adventure carries itself with the earnest solemnity of the last episode of a BBC nature programme, in which David Attenborough outlines the dire threat faced by Earth and its animal inhabitants. Dragged out to eight hours, however, and shorn of the passion and charisma of the beloved naturalist, the result is crushingly dull. Inviting you to guide life spirit Gaia through a series of dismal postapocalyptic environments – impressive more in scale than imagination – Piccolo Studio might have sought to avoid preachiness, yet nevertheless amounts to a wordless reproof. Offering nary a hint at how we might avoid
