Escape from planet earth8/24/2023 ![]() Like the most famous extra-terrestrial of all, E. Touch-screen technology? Facebook? Google? All invented by aliens.Įven the kings of computer animation - Pixar - owe their existence, we are told, to the pioneering work of incarnated extra-terrestrials. In a lovely touch he’s put them to use inventing every techno/digital device under the sun to enrich himself. Scotch finds himself locked up with several other “missing” aliens (including a one-eyed critter voiced by Jane Lynch).Ĭontrary to popular opinion, however, they are not being dissected or otherwise experimented upon but are being exploited for their brain power by a megalomaniacal general, Gen. ![]() Yes, everything you’ve heard about the top secret military base is true - with a twist. “You’ve been trying to control me your whole life” booms Scorch.Īfter landing in the Nevada desert and becoming momentarily transfixed by a 7/ll convenience store Scorch is snatched by government operatives in chemical suits and bundled off to Area 51. They may be of a higher intelligence but when it comes to family dynamics they’re just as dysfunctional as the rest of us, issues which come to a head when Scorch - a kind of Buzz Lightyear-lite - accepts a mission to the “Dark Planet” against the better judgement of brother Gary. A Kaleidoscope TWC release.Oh dear, humanity is the butt of all the jokes in Escape from Planet Earth but that’s fine when your extra-terrestrial heroes are so entertaining: a beefily heroic adventurer called Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser), his nerdy brother Gary (Rob Corddry) who operates “mission control” and Gary’s young son Kip (Jonathan Morgan Heit) who hero-worships his swaggering Uncle Scorch. MPAA Rating: PG for action and some mild rude humorĬast: The voices of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rob Corddry, William Shatner, George LopezĬredits: Directed by Cal Brunker. But unlike say, “Doogal” or “Hoodwinked 2,” at least you won’t want to gouge your eyes out after this one. Years in development, re-written to death according to the lawsuit some of those involved filed against the Weinsteins, and not funny, to boot - not a ringing endorsement. It’s not worth paying 3D prices – 3D is for suckers, especially when it comes to kids’ animation. The animation is what sells “Escape from Planet Earth,” rich, textured surfaces – check out the fishnet webbing on Scorch’s space suit, the paint worn off the hardware and the perfectly rendered 7-Eleven, where even the Slurpee (Product placement in a cartoon?) shimmers like the real thing. Gervais does some riffing, and since Stephen Fry’s name appears on the long list of writing credits, perhaps he helped the lad out. Ricky Gervais voices a computer who uses old black and white movie and news footage to show the perils of “The Dark Planet” – “The only known world where evolution is taking place in reverse.” The gags that work in this thing are mostly visual. Aliens” and that Area 51 is a vast holding pen where Craig Robinson, Jane Lynch (naturally) and George Lopez voice other imprisoned aliens, and William Shatner is the creepy general in charge. Meanwhile, Scorch is discovering that the team of screenwriters has plagiarized “Monsters vs. Gary’s gung-ho son and ex-test pilot wife (Sarah Jessica Parker) shame him into attempting a rescue. ![]() Yes, the “Dark Planet” is our own - Earth. Which is what Scorch does, right in front of the 7-Eleven on the outskirts of Area 51. This happens just as Scorch leaves on a mission to “The Dark Planet,” the place where aliens – even those who “come in peace” – disappear. Until that day that the egotistical Scorch “fires” Gary. He is voiced by Brendan Fraser.ĭopey Scorch always has his mild-mannered tech-nerd brother Gary (Rob Corddry) back at Mission Control, pulling his blue biscuits out of the fire. He’s a regular rock star - and a bit of a dope. Scorch is all bravado and swagger and catch-phrase. The blue aliens of Baab have this Buzz Lightyear-style hero, “Scorch,” a space rescuer-hero whose adventures are covered by live video feed from wherever in the universe he is sent. Reaching that “Space Chimps”/”Planet 51” level of good-looking mediocrity is an achievement. But at least it’s not as ugly as “Hoodwinked,” “Doogal” and the rest. It’s not much funnier than most of their earlier fare. If you’re a parent, chances are you’ve seen worse animated films than “Escape from Planet Earth.” Mostly, one might add, from the same studio that released this one.īut “Earth” is something of a giant – OK, mini-giant – leap forward for The Weinstein Company.
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