Review of Ratchet & Clank (2016) by Skullballcorp — 28 Apr 2016

I just had to see this day one and make my own mind up. The pre release critical reviews for this movie confused me. On the one hand I could expect with this being a video game movie and an animated one at that the big time critics would be ready to hate it and rightly so as it is not meant for them. That said however I also noticed people dismissing it as something that will keep kids happy with little for anyone older. This is a lie.

If you are familiar with the Ratchet and Clank games and enjoy them you will love this it is that simple. Sure the run and gun action has been replaced with more adventure movie feeling action and such but what were people expecting? You cannot recreate that kind of gameplay perfectly onscreen.

For what this movie is it does a great job of being entertaining, it has the usual style of humour that made the older games enjoyable and it is very well written and intelligent. (There is a Wilhelm scream joke early on that is particularly amusing.).

All in all its far from perfect but far better than what the critics are saying, It kept me more engaged than I expected and I am very much hoping for a sequel in the future.