![]() ![]() ![]() Enough, at least, to take a gentle step beyond episodic limitations. ![]() Even when it’s a straight comedy to keep efforts grounded, like Liberty’s attempts to train the newly recruited Junior Patrollers (a trio of Pomeranian interns) – and Martin owns those scenes with unchallenged gusto, there’s weight to the situation. Each of the other pups, notably Convery’s spin on Chase, allows for their unique moments for both comedy and common sense, momentarily taking a mature foot forward on the latter. Something Grace tackles with a warm, assuring pluck in her performance, and that her castmates are quick to capitalize on, with mixed results. A challenge for her resolve, seeking and affirming her niche under these rearranged dynamics. Her merit and worth are assessed to the nth degree when fighting her insecurities as the smallest of the group, the smallest in her litter growing up. Much like Chase in the first film battling confidence issues against a traumatic situation, here it’s Skye’s spotlight moment. For the pups who hold onto a sample of the space rock for research purposes, their fortunes change once exposed to its concentrated energy, the group finding themselves with superhero abilities fitting their job descriptions, making them all targets, and leaving Skye in a familiar advantage. level degree of absurdist villain/cohort hijinks. For the baddie who’s placed in jail, she immediately enacts revenge, teaming with the equally incarcerated Mayor Humdinger in a Venture Bros. While the residents of Adventure City ooh and awe at the sight of a passing meteor shower lighting their skies, she carries an extreme motive to steal a few and harness its energy, by way of magnets.Īn early scrape between Vance and the patrollers – above-ground monitor Skye (McKenna Grace), firefighter Marshall (Christian Corrao), beat cop Chase (Christian Convery), construction expert Rubble (Luxton Handspiker), handyman Rocky (Callum Shoniker), street smart city guide Liberty (Marsai Martin) and water rescuer Zuma (Nylan Parthipan) complicates matters, and it turns very personal on both sides. ![]() With the help of a better-developed villain, the trope-laden astrologist turned mad scientist Victoria Vance (a decadently wicked Taraji P. Aliens both tried this thread and had much cleverer luck, but The Mighty Movie still puts in the effort to distance itself. What starts this all-but-inevitable sequel is nothing new: the familiar beauty of meteors either grazing or crashing into Earth, and then harvested of their resources. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie sees everyone figuratively singing the same theme song, albeit with improved stakes against the hobbles of a worn-out plot device. Tech wiz Ryder (Finn Lee-Epp) and his squad of confident doggos, each representing a different service discipline, had already left an impression on young moviegoers in 2021, making a sleeper hit out of their first big city escapade. In the 10 years since this kid-friendly display of emergency heroics began on TV, it’s spawned toys upon toys, live shows, a spinoff series, a misappropriated excuse for controversy, and a growing cinematic universe. The puppy-powered heroics of the Paw Patrol have proven no different from what’s come before. Like SpongeBob in the Y2K days or the Ninja Turtle revitalization of the 2010s – the latter made cooler in the wake of Mutant Mayhem, there’s simply no denying the sticking power of Nickelodeon’s prime franchises. Nylan Parthipan as “Zuma,” Luxton Handspiker as “Rubble,” Finn Lee-Epp as “Ryder,” McKenna Grace as “Skye,” Marsai Martin as “Liberty,” Christian Convery as “Chase,” Christian Corrao as “Marshall,” and Callum Shoniker as “Rocky” in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie from Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Pictures. ![]()
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