Following Chicken racing it’s here
We no longer expected it, 23 years after the release of Chicken racing, the highly successful stop-motion animated film produced by Aardman Animations studios. But it’s been there, available on Netflix ever since December 15ththis continuation of the adventures of ginger AND Rocky and, now that time has passed, also of their very young daughter: Molly. After the great escape of Chicken racingwhich was brilliantly inspired by the 1963 film starring Steve McQueen, the authors of Chicken Run: The Nuggets’ Threat they chose to be part of the continuity and therefore to reverse the issue. This time it’s no longer about getting out of a chicken coop, but about infiltrating one, ultra-modern and industrial-sized.
While the chickens live happily and hidden, far from humans, on an island transformed into a small paradise, a kibble factory high tech settles not far away. Molly, who only knows people on her protected little island, will unfortunately venture there. Ginger, Rocky and their friends will then go up an infiltration mission to save her, and take the opportunity to put an end to the threat of this new factory, at the head of which is the terrible and vengeful Mrs. Tweedy…
Plasticine and heart to sell
Chicken Run: Menace Nuggets immediately seduces with its extraordinary expertise in modeling and stop-motion. In fact, only these hens have this style which is at the same time rounded and energetic, comfortable and fun, inimitable. The key to this highly successful animation? The heart carried, the sincerity of a creation and the development of its universe. The sympathy of the protagonists seems to be that of their creators, all together determined to have fun the infinite seriousness of the children who came to play.
Well inspired, the creator and historical producer Peter Lord and the director Sam Fell have added the right amount of CGI to enrich and detail the multiple settings and the different places in which this sequel is set, no more and no less than was necessary to modernize this creation. without distorting it. You are then struck by a sweet sensation of familiarity and seduced his sincerity and his beautiful visual effort where we enter Chicken Run: The Nuggets’ Threat.
References skimmed
The discovery of the island where Ginger, Rocky and all the old chicken coops have settled Handsome. During this – long – opening, on a narrative level everything is allowed, e.g Chicken on the run: the threat of nuggets it could then take off in any direction. But once Molly escapes the island and is held in the factory, set up like an amusement park and where chickens are lobotomized, we immediately understand that the authors are inclined to the action comedy genre. We therefore recognize inspirations drawn from the sagas James Bond and of Mission Impossible. A true den of James Bond-style “bad guys”, Ginger and Rocky and their most faithful friends will enter the factory in style Mission Impossiblewith building a team, developing a plan, executing it, etc.
Strong point : Inventing solutions to enable his chickens to compete with and defeat humans, with the help of clever accessories and a fine balance between agility, luck and humor to achieve this. Every action sequence has at least one brilliant idea, and there’s never a dull moment in this fantastic infiltration-extraction adventure. But, weakness : If there is heart in reviving these lovable characters, there is less in the references used. Neither homages nor subversions, the references to the great cinema titles that line up Chicken on the run: the threat of nuggets in the end they appear as somewhat empty and skimmed loss leaders. The proof is already in the title: The threat of the nugget for “The Phantom Menace,” a nod to a famous but absent universe in the film.
The magic is there, but without “great illusion”
Chicken on the run: the threat of nuggets succeeds in its challenge, that of giving a satisfying sequel to the great film of 2000, and of rediscovering some of its magic. But this sequel is less rebellious and less dark, wiser and brighter, “easier” in the sense that it chooses to disperse where Chicken racing the story focused intensely on a place, a problem, a reference. And she offered as much humor as fear, when Chicken on the run: the threat of nuggets it relies much more on its humor.
However, if this new film doesn’t reach the heights of Chicken racingwe get a little of his genius and enough of his magic to enjoy watching top-notch family entertainment.
Chicken on the run: the threat of nuggets by Sam Fell, on Netflix on December 15, 2023.
Source: Cine Serie
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