![]() In one of the training sequences, Yeoh’s character goes meta when she glides over thin air like the veteran actor’s famous character from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Ironically, most of the chuckle-worthy sequences are the ones that are only remotely connected to the film’s actual plot-like Otto befriending a biker (voiced by RZA) and embarking on a cross-country ride, and the one where the original trio try to learn Kung Fu from an acupuncturist named Chow (Michelle Yeoh).Īs always, pop-culture references are aplenty. We have our favourite Kevin, Bob and Stuart, along with a new one named Otto, and the scenes involving them are the best of the lot. Just like always, what works in Minions: The Rise of Gru is the Minions themselves, their gibberish mixed with a bit of French and English, and their annoying antics that eventually save the day. What disheartens you the most is how the ingenuity that went behind such wordplay is almost absent in the plot of the film. The Vicious 6 is voiced by Taraji P Henson, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, and Jean-Claude Van Damme (who plays Jean Clawed, a man with a giant lobster claw) but they hardly do anything. But the crowd-puller, just like in the previous film, is the brilliant voice cast for the rest of the roles. Steve Carell returns to voice the titular character while Pierre Coffin is also back as the sound of all the Minions. But the film fails to establish that despite it being the only serious aspect throughout the runtime. ![]() Like every kid’s film out there, Minions: The Rise of Gru also has an underlying message fit for all ages-everyone needs a little help from their friends. Set in the 70s, a few years after the events of Minions (2015), this film follows 12-year-old Gru, who harbours supervillain ambitions, and his gang of Minions as they get caught between the internal conflicts of a team of supervillains known as the Vicious 6. And then, there’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which is meant for both audiences, but fails to enchant either. ![]() ![]() Should a children’s film entertain just their target audience or the parents who accompany their kids too? There are films like Fantastic Mr Fox, The Lego Batman Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse that satisfy both sets of audience, and there is content like Teletubbies and Dora the Explorer, strictly for the kids. ![]()
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