I would imagine only children of a very young age - say, no older than three - would sit still for the duration of Space Chimps 2. something a little more complicated, but that's effectively Space Chimps 2 in a nutshell. Oh, and Jane Lynch turns up voicing a scientist. After accidentally launching himself into orbit and meeting up with alien buddy Kilowatt (voiced by Laura Bailey), which might be the most annoying sidekick character created in the last decade, and bopping around the planet for a while, he returns to Earth to help Ham, Titan (Warburton), Luna (Hines) and Houston (Carlos Alazraqui) reclaim Mission Control from the clutches of alien menace Zartog (voiced by John DiMaggio). The plot, such as it is (the film runs but a scant 76 minutes), concerns Comet (voiced by Zack Shada), a technical assistant who yearns to visit Malgor, the planet discovered in the first film, but who is deleted from the flight manifesto because of budget cuts. But was it something in Rob Moreland's screenplay that totally dazzled the returning actors (he co-wrote the first Space Chimps)? Or does Andy Samberg just employ better lawyers? Whatever the reason, the character of Ham, originally voiced by Samberg, is given life by Tom Kenny here. I mean, I understand that a sequel was inevitable, particularly since Space Chimps effectively doubled its budget at the box office. What amazes me even more than the fact that there's a sequel to Space Chimps is that the filmmakers somehow managed to get three of the main actors from the first film - Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines and Patrick Warburton - to return here. Lucky, lucky me - and how thoughtful of director John H. Fortunately for me, the straight-to-DVD sequel Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back recaps almost every major development from the previous film before the plot of this second installment gets going. It might have something to do with the fact that I'm neither five years old or starved for entertainment that actively insults my intelligence, but even when I happen to stumble upon the film on HBO, I can't change the channel fast enough. Jeymes Samuel's 'The Book of Clarence' Lands September Release Date Space Chimps is a 3D action platformer based on the CG animated movie that tanked at the box office.I'll admit it up front: somehow, in all my movie-watching, I missed the cinematic glory that is 2008's Space Chimps. The story by director Kirk De Micco and Rob Moreland imagines that an urgent space mission, far too dangerous for humans, is turned over to chimpanzees, as were the earliest U.S. The Space Agency recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimp in space. Only Ham (voiced by Andy Samberg) is a circus performer, more interested in antic tricks and acrobatics than space exploration, much to the distress of his space companions, lovely Luna (Cheryl Hines) and the ship’s stiff commander Titan (Patrick Warburton). 'Space Chimps' is many things, but the one advantage it lacks is a sizable budget. Slipping through an intergalactic wormhole to retrieve a missing space probe, the crew falls into an alternative world of brightly colored creatures ruled by an authoritarian grump, Zartog (Jeff Daniels) - think Shrek without wit or wits - who dreams of creating a Vegas-like palace around a huge volcano. If youre a respectable production that wants to be taken seriously and cant even scrounge up the coin to license Yellos 1985 hit 'Oh Yeah,' instead electing to use a tinny sound-alike.that should be the first clue that something is seriously awry with the movie. This space odyssey sets the table for any number of amusing action sequences and odd creatures, like Kilowatt (Kristin Chenoweth), who looks like a tiny walking light bulb that illuminates whenever she gets frightened. With Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton. The adventures are inventive enough but do lack the genuine sense of jeopardy and humor that made Fox’s “Ice Age” movies boxoffice champs. The chimp humor might go a tad overboard with a communication gizmo called a BananaBerry and Titan’s endless puns using the word “chimp.” Meanwhile, a few jokes aim very much over young heads straight for adult guardians. “Space Chimps” is a bright, entertaining package. It simply is too gimmicky and old school to go up against the best of Pixar and DreamWorks Animation.
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