DISNEY - G-FORCE(2009)
A really fun movie!!! A must watch for all Disney/animation
fans!! A
A review from Amazon:
G-Force just might be the best Jerry Bruckheimer action
film in many a moon. The film is exuberant, and its premise-
-don't think big for an animated caper film, think small--brilliantly
upends the more-bigger-faster trope of American action films…
with cute, little, furry guinea pigs.
Bruckheimer, the action genius behind the likes of the Pirates
of the Caribbean, Con Air, The Rock, Armageddon, and many
more, here teams with visual effects maestro Hoyt Yeatman,
who writes and directs. The combo is potent, and the fact that
they streamed their blow-'em-up vision through a film about tiny
rodents saving the world makes the whole confection a hilarious
family-friendly experience as well as a satisfying action adventure.
The premise isn't earth-shattering: oddball, unexpected heroes
are called on to save the day (Men in Black, Underdog, etc.). But
the lowly guinea pig has been long overdue to get its moment
in the spotlight. And now the free world knows whom it can really
trust. The film mixes the animated heroes with real-life actors,
including the sardonic British character actor Bill Nighy, who plays
an evil mogul out to take over and/or destroy the world. The U.S.
government, it turns out, has been nurturing a special squad for
occasions just such as this. It's just that it's been nurturing them
in small pens with wood shavings on the floor and running wheels
for exercise. Will Arnett, deadpan and spot-on, plays the human
agent who has the unenviable task of wrangling the guinea pig
G-Force, and is a deft foil for the bad guys as well as for the
mini-heroes.
But the true powerhouse acting belongs to those giving voices
to the guinea pig agents, including Sam Rockwell, Penelope Cruz,
Steve Buscemi, and, as the voice of a domesticated layabout, Jon
Favreau. The film's standout, though, is Tracy Morgan, whose
Agent Blaster is bellicose, fearless, and as full of malapropisms
as Morgan's character on 30 Rock. (In fact, the viewer keeps
half-expecting Blaster to turn to Cruz's female agent, Juarez, and
yell "Liz Lemon!") G-Force is full of belly laughs for kids, as well
as their action-film-fan parents. --A.T. Hurley