Unknown's Movie Review of Ratchet & Clank

Rating of
1.5/4

Ratchet & Clank

Collection of Nuts and Bolts
Unknown - wrote on 05/08/16

'Ratchet & Clank' brings it's title video game originating characters to the big screen. The result is a sub-par action-adventure farce strictly for children. That's not to say it's all bad. The characters are accurately represented as they were in the games. The cheeky humor also stays intact (somewhat). What's missing is a solid story to contain it all. I couldn't tell you much about the plot after just having walked out of the theater. It's entirely forgettable. The main factor in this movie's failure lies here. There's very little present to become invested in. I found myself tuning out the movie a couple of times, only from a lack of interest. Many times the situations would rely on meaningless gags or lame pratfalls. Some throwaway spoken lines are kind of clever in how self-referential they are to tropes found in space adventures, but they are under-utilized. Not as many laughs as I had playing the games. The narrative flowed as well as stitching together the cut-scenes of the earlier titles in the series. Overall, this film felt like a tie-in property meant for screening on a kids television network rather than a theatrical release.

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