Too bad they can’t liberate this movie from its own. With their help, he intends to stop the evil Shanker and free the dimwitted Scorch from a prison created by his own stupidity. With Scorch in trouble, Gary reluctantly aliens up and travels to Earth to find a whole nest of otherworldly aliens trapped in Area 51. With the brothers feuding, Scorch goes alone to the planet from which no alien has returned and, sure enough, is soon captured by the villainous American General Shanker (William Shatner). One day, as Scorch is preparing for his suicide mission to the “Dark Planet” (Earth), he finally tells Gary off as being insignificant and unimportant. Wife Kira (Sarah Jessica Parker) tells Gary that their son is just going through a phase and to ignore his anger over Scorch’s inconsiderate nature. He gets all the credit for the missions Gary carefully guides him through and earns the hero worship of Gary’s son, Kip (Jonathan Morgan Heit). His brother Scorch (Brendan Fraser) is the astronaut icon who the entire planet fawns over and adores. Despite being the head of Mission Control at BASA on the planet Baab, the bigheaded guy has more reasons to be blue than his skin complexion. Gary Supernova (Robb Corddry) has problems. Perhaps, with this being their first true theatrical film, Escape from Planet Earth can be a return to form? But wait! The studio once, long ago, spearheaded the cult classic series ReBoot (1994-2001). The film is also the product of Rainmaker Entertainment whose last two films were Barbie: The Princess and the Pop Star (2012) and Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 (2012) one presumably features Barbie as a pop star and the other as a mermaid…ruh-roh. Once the province of only the House of Mouse and DreamWorks, computer animation has been spreading like wildfire since Universal’s Despicable Me (2010) showed that others would make a fortune doing it too. If you find this amusing, you’re probably under 12 and you’re going to love Escape from Planet Earth.ĭirected by Cal Brunker, Escape from Planet Earth marks The Weinstein Company’s first major animated family film. When evil Feds appear and pop the rubber advertisement, the extra-terrestrial looks up to the camera and screams “Nooo!” while gyrating his arms to the Heavens. Sure that the helium histrionics are cries for help, the blue faced alien tries to speak with it by copying the wavering gestures. Attracted like a bug to the bright fluorescent lights, Scorch goes into superhero mode when he sees a Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man wildly wiggling in the wind. In an early scene in the movie, super cool and super stupid Scorch Supernova makes his way to a Seven Eleven.
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