Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

Terrible attempt to make a buck at the expense of our kids. The plot was non-existent. This story wouldn't even hold the attention of a small child. I kept waiting for something to happen, but it never did. Recycled lowbrow attempts at humor typical of what Hollywood thinks our kids need. Turn on the TV and watch re-runs of "The Flintstones" instead, or better yet, take them to the park. This DVD is only suitable for target practice. I wonder how much money was wasted on this thing that could have went to feeding starving orphans. I give it 12 thumbs down. This movie is a canker sore on the lip of humanity. I would rather have genital warts than watch this thing again. The kids actually got up and left before it was halfway through and went to do their homework. Pass on this unless you think gastrointestinal distress is a screaming good time. Forget it, pass on it even then. You have been warned.

I'm surprised by some of the other reviews users have given this film. Comparing it to Toy Story 3, a movie with a $200 million budget, is totally unfair. Those reviewers are probably also the people who have psycho-analyzed Toy Story and found Woody to be a vampire due to him outliving his friends.

Anyway to the movie at hand. Space Chimps 2 is a return to the fun of the original Space Chimps with Zartog, the bad guy from the first movie, trying to take his revenge. I won't give too much away with the story but I will say, if your kids enjoyed the first flick they will enjoy the second. And remember, it is a movie aimed at kids, it's not a Pixar movie with in jokes and pop culture references that only adults get.

A nearly endless waste of space, Space Chimps 2 Zartog Strikes Back is the same joke for 75 straight minutes- a joke that wasn't funny the first time and is even less funny this time. I have to admit, there is a single thing this film improves on from the previous one- that being the voice of Zartog. Obviously unable to afford the same star-studded cast after its tremendous failure at the box office- Andy Samberg and Jeff Daniels are nowhere to be seen or heard rather. Although I surprisingly missed the half asleep Sanberg in his role, now replaced sheepishly by Spongebob voice actor Tom Kenney- I actually much rather preferred John DiMaggio (the voice of Jake the Dog and Bender) as the voice of Zartog. Literally everything else about this movie though should be incredibly ashamed of itself. If you thought the first one was lacking a decent plot, script, dialogue, and halfway decent animation- well strap in folks! Because all of that is somehow even worse than beforehand. There basically is no plot here, a few different random storylines attempted to be webbed into one cohesive narrative is hardly even achieved- and every moment it shifts between the two I always want the other one back. It is painful to watch, there are moments that are so cringe-inducing that I shouted at the screen many times in defeat. Hell, they couldn't even come up with a good plot for zartog to even strike back- WHICH IS LITERALLY THE TITLE OF THE FILM. All he does is be stupid about Earth and point a offbrand Wii remote at some people. In the end, Space Chimps 2 is best watched with your eyes closed and your ears plugged. Not a single moment of its short but dreadfully tedious runtime will entertain you or fill you with any sort of emotion other than pure suffering.

My Rating: 1.3/10.

'The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.' It is my belief that it would be easier for a monkey to write the complete works of Shakespeare then write a film as bad as this

Maybe as a grown-up, I am not the best qualified to rate a film that is clearly designed for children ... but this film was not designed for children, it was designed BY children - or maybe that's an insult to children. I would like to criticise the plot, except that I couldn't find any evidence of one. At no point was there any excitement and at no point was there any humour. The only piece of creativity which deserves mention is Kilowatt - probably the most irritating character whose ridiculous body, trilling, squeeking voice and general annoying script had my grinding my teeth every time she wobbled onto the screen. This showed that at least the creators were able to excel in one thing: to drive you nuts!

So, what exactly was the point of this film? I would say that the sole point was to make money, an obvious show of "Right, let's make another film about monkeys. No need to put any money, effort or imagination into it. People will watch any rubbish these days, so let's give them some crap and buy ourselves some nice cars with the profit."

The only emotion this inspired in me was irritation at how gullible I was to waste 80 minutes of my life in this way. If you want to entertain your children, I would recommend you paint their bedroom walls and allow them to watch as they dry. This would give them more fun.