Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

I love who framed roger rabbit it's one of my all time favs and I love how this film is like that. Not as mature as roger rabbit but it's still surprising entertaining. There jokes for kids and adults so both can enjoy it. At times the film is a little to Childish.

With all of the self aware jabs at some of the worst trends in Hollywood filmmaking as well as a ridiculous amount of characters from different studios crossing over, it's a miracle that Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers exists in the current filmmaking landscape.

What makes it even better is that it's a great film that's impressively paced, funny and pretty heartwarming. A love letter to animation by including as many different forms of it as possible, including the more disturbing ones.

John Mulaney cleverly chooses to play it almost completely straight which really helps him bounce off Andy Samberg's energy and adorable naivety. Rounding out the main three is Kiki Layne, who is just as likeable and energetic.

Akiva Schaffer's direction is excellent, the film is definitely different to his previous work but he adapts perfectly. The visual effects are consistently strong and the practical and CG blends together nicely overall.

This movie isn't bad if you're an 80's or 90's kid like me, who grew up watching Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, Ducktales, and all that other good stuff, while it was airing on TV. It's chock full of cameos and references to the entire historical cartoon industry as a whole, not just Disney, so that's pretty awesome (I have no idea how they managed to cram so much of those in the movie, the legal team must have realy worked their asses off).

That said, I hate how Chip is his original cartoon self, while Dale is now CG, and looks...meh...I never liked how Disney switched from cartoons to animation back in the day to begin with. Their classic cartoons were amazing, while their new stuff doesn't come anywhere close. So, I wish they'd have just made the movie as a cartoon, but of course I didn't expect that. I do think they should have had Dale be his cartoon self as well though.

Most of all though, what really bothers me, is what they did to Chip and Dale's voices. I have no idea whose idea it was to completely change them (while leaving everyone else the same), but it' was a bad choice imo. Still, a good movie overall.

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is good. It is a really funny film with various cameos throughout the film. The plot itself isn't the most original, as I've seen it done before, but the dialogue between characters feels authentic and funny at the right times. I enjoyed this film.

Overall, 7/10.

Nostalgia sells. The number of recent Hollywood blockbusters based on decades old characters - Sonic and Space Jam stick out - made the trailer for this film look like just another cash grab. Rather than taking the original Rescue Rangers and making a cinematic feature version, they've turned them into actors, and made it more akin to Who Framed Roger Rabbit (which is a recommendation when you watch it on Disney+). Replacing Tress MacNeille as Chip, and Zipper with Dennis Haysbert seems a step too far.

Here though, Disney look to have steered into the skid. On top of casting Tim Robinson as Ugly Sonic and a CGI aged (given we all know he doesn't age) Paul Rudd, they've enlisted Disney legend Jim Cummings voicing six characters, He-Man stalwart Alan Oppenheimer to do a couple, and then there's Seth Rogen talking to himself. The depth of the intellectual property the film makers have played with is impressive. Who ever at WB let Disney use Ben Affleck's Batman, thank you.

It's a pretty surreal plot, that other studios would have found difficult to put together, and while it would have been cool to see an original Rescue Rangers film, this mouse eared fire work of a film fills a spot.