http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/ Pixar absolutely nail the animation (in particular an
arrow-flight slow-mo impressed) and enough writing talent was employed to
create another winning Disney collaboration.The resultant Highland romp is a funny and touching fairytale.
If you hadn’t seen the original AND you hadn’t seen the
trailer AND you didn’t have a broad experience of sci-fi action films then
you’d probably love this. The cast does a pretty decent job and it’s surprisingly
violent for a 12A. Hopelessly unsubtle and unfalteringly straightforward
though.
Thrilling and action-packed, this delivers on its promise of
keeping the franchise alive and kicking.An overly long setup and some incredulous aspects to the chase (which makes
up the majority of the second half) keep this from true excellence, but Renner and
Weisz are both cracking Bourne replacements.
This could have been so funny, but toilet humour needs to be
humorous, and sadly this mostly wasn’t. A few good gags and brilliant bear
animation but the essentially rom-com plot was more thumb-twiddling than
side-splitting. Such a shame.