Space Chimps 2 is, unsurprisingly, a sequel to Space Chimps, which is a CGI feature from a couple of years ago.
Frankly, I'm surprised that the original was successful enough to warrant a sequel. And it's a sequel which brings nothing new to the table. The animation barely passes muster for TV kids' CGI shows, and is no improvement on its predecessor. Compared to what we are used to from Pixar and Dreamworks it is, quite frankly, not good enough. The story is paltry. The characterisation is limp. The 3D adds nothing.
On the positive side, it is bright and colourful and sufficiently amusing in the simplest of ways to please small children, and perhaps that is the basis on which it should be judged. Because it falls far, far short on any other basis.
Frankly, I'm surprised that the original was successful enough to warrant a sequel. And it's a sequel which brings nothing new to the table. The animation barely passes muster for TV kids' CGI shows, and is no improvement on its predecessor. Compared to what we are used to from Pixar and Dreamworks it is, quite frankly, not good enough. The story is paltry. The characterisation is limp. The 3D adds nothing.
On the positive side, it is bright and colourful and sufficiently amusing in the simplest of ways to please small children, and perhaps that is the basis on which it should be judged. Because it falls far, far short on any other basis.