Review of the film "Onward" - 2020 On his 16th birthday, Ian the Elf, is gifted a magician's staff left for him by his deceased father. Along with this gift was a written spell on how to bring his father back from the dead for 24 hours. But when the spell goes wrong, and only the bottom half of his father returns, Ian and his brother Barley go on a quest to bring the rest of their father back.