Review of Ratchet & Clank (2016) by Thequietgamer — 23 Nov 2016

A kid-friendly romp through a familiar videogame world. While this adaption of the popular Playstation series falls short in things like originality or connectable characters, there's something to be said silly humor and flashy visuals. They just might not be enough to entertain older audiences.

As far as it's faithfulness to the series it's based on goes, there's not too much I can say on that front. I'm not very familiar with the games at all. I can say that fans will likely get a kick out of seeing their favorite characters brought to life onscreen and appreciate the little references found throughout.

As far as the plot goes it's your standard save the world setup. Much like just about every modern superhero flick, some bad guy(s) is destroying stuff and our heroes need to stop some device in order to save the day. The writers tried to throw some morals about how you don't need to do big things to be a hero, but they ultimately go un-talked about. Plus it's more than a little contradictory to say that, but show their characters only becoming heroes by, you know, doing big things.

So yeah, when it comes to writing it falls short. Not too mention there's no real way to engage with these characters. No, you come into this one for the jokes. Just keep in mind that the humor is aimed at the kids.

There are some clever lines here and there that will illicit laughs and more often chuckles. The majority of the jokes are only going to click with the younger watchers though. In the end that isn't entirely a bad thing.

Ratchet & Clank is more for the kids and less for the parents. So when it comes to family movie night, this is one animated movie you may want to pass on in favor of something from DreamWorks or Pixar. Let your kids watch this one on their own. As for older fans of the games, I don't really know what to tell you. 6.