Review of Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) by Jeff B — 13 Jun 2011
Directly takes place after "Bender's Big Score". No better than the first film either, managing to get as high as the worst episodes of the show.
With the world (possibly) threatened by a mysterious rift, it somehow once again falls to the hands of Planet Express crew to investigate the threat and figure out what to do.
At the same time Fry has found a girlfriend, but can't seem to adjust to the fact that she already has four other men living with her - all of them her boyfriends. Crushed by this, Fry ventures through the rift, uncaring of the results or what lies ahead.
Also, a far less interesting plot takes us with Bender, who discovers a secret robot organization - but finds that they are not exactly what he hoped them to be.
The overall plot balances mostly between those three elements. The entity found from the other side of the rift is a strange love-hungry alien, and with all of its tentacles, it gets pretty boring pretty fast.
Besides the usual Futurama humor and characters, there's nothing new in there. If you're a fan of the show, watch this, and you'll probably enjoy it more or less like I did. Otherwise the fuel just doesn't quite carry out to the finish.
This review of Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) was written by Jeff B on 13 Jun 2011.
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs has generally received positive reviews.
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