Review of Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) by P B — 15 Nov 2007

Everybody loves the classic Warner Brothers cartoon characters. Anybody who doesn't is a commie. Still, ever since Space Jam, the idea of a Looney Tunes movie is a little scary. Lucky for us, WB has apparently learned their lesson.

The movie opens with Daffy getting himself fired from Warner Brothers and taking a Brenden Frasier's Stuntman (Brenden Frasier), who moonlights as a Warner security guard, out with him. After some wacky antics, the pair set off for Las Vegas to help the stuntman's dad (Timothy Dalton), a super spy, prevent the evil ACME corporation from turning everybody into monkeys.

Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, the Warner Brothers decide they need the duck back, so Bugs and the ice queen who fired Daffy (Jenna Elfman) set out to get Daffy back. Of course, once these two show up in Vegas, they get caught up in the whole monkey thing with the duck and the stuntman.

And who does the bidding of the ACME corporation? Why, all your old favorites, of course--Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, the Coyote, and all the rest take shots at our heroes in classic Looney Tunes fashion at the behest of the head of ACME (played by a very hammy Steve Martin).

This is a really fun movie. The action is pretty standard Looney Tunes fare, but in my book that's a good thing.