It is the kind of cookie cutter production that peaked in 2006 and faded shortly after once the medium wasn't enough to guarantee profit. Those movies are evidently very profitable, but they look like the bottom rung in children's entertainment to someone who has only seen some of their trailers.Įscape from Planet Earth is a sure step up from that impression, but still stands as the most generic CG-animated family comedy we've seen in a while. If the Canadian studio, formerly known as Mainframe Entertainment, is familiar to you, it is by Universal's biannual direct-to-video Barbie films, from 2001's Barbie in The Nutcracker through last September's The Princess and the Popstar. Escape from Planet Earth is one such movie.ĭistributed by ordinarily prestige-driven The Weinstein Company in the United States, Escape is the biggest film to date produced by Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment. Then, every once in a while, we get a film from a smaller, less established animation house. Escape from Planet Earth features an all-star voice cast including Brendan Fraser (The Mummy, The Quiet American), Sarah Jessica Parker (“Sex in the City,” New Year’s Eve), William Shatner (“Star Trek,” “Boston Legal”), Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four, Little Fockers), Ricky Gervais (“The Office”, “The Ricky Gervais Show”), Jane Lynch (“Glee,” 40 Year Old Virgin), Rob Corddry (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Hot Tub Time Machine), Sofía Vergara (“Modern Family,” The Three Stooges), Craig Robinson (“The Office,” Hot Tub Time Machine), George Lopez (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, “The George Lopez Show”), Steve Zahn (“Treme,” Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Chris Parnell (“SNL,” Hotel Transylvania), and Jonathan Morgan Heit (“Family Guy,” “Jake and the Neverland Pirates”).It isn't too hard to keep track of the major active animated film studios, because each has a wide reach, a distinct brand, a signature franchise, and a prominent presence during the busiest moviegoing seasons.Ī small handful of power players are responsible for most of the computer animation released to theaters to reliable success. As the interplanetary stakes rise to new heights, Gary is left to save his brother, his planet, his beloved wife Kira (Sarah Jessica Parker) and their adventure-hungry son Kip. But when Scorch finds himself caught in a fiendish trap set by the evil Shanker (William Shatner), it’s up to scrawny, risk-adverse Gary to do the real rescuing.
When BASA’s no-nonsense chief Lena (Jessica Alba) informs the brothers of an SOS from a notoriously dangerous planet, Scorch rejects Gary’s warnings and bounds off for yet another exciting mission.
A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Gary (Rob Corddry), head of mission control at BASA, and James Bing (Ricky Gervais) BASA’s officious computer, always available to advise Mission Control, whether they want it or not. Escape from Planet Earth is an animated family comedy that catapults moviegoers to planet Baab where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) is a national hero to the blue alien population.
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