Directed By
– Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher & Bob Logan
Starring
(Voiced By) – Dave Franco; Justin Theroux; Fred Armisen; Abbi Jacobson; Kumail
Nanjiani; Michael Pena; Olivia Munn; Zach Woods; Jackie Chan
Following the major success and beloved audience reaction to
2014’s The LEGO Movie and it’s follow up The LEGO Batman Movie, LEGO Ninjago
had an uphill battle that ultimately couldn’t get all of the charms of its two
previous franchise films.
In the battle for NINJAGO City, Lloyd (Franco), high
school student by day and Green Ninja by night, gets thrown into the ultimate
adventure with his secret ninja warrior friends! Led by the wise and
wisecracking Master Wu (Chan), they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon (Theroux),
The Worst Guy Ever, who also happens to be Lloyd’s dad. On their courageous
journey, they learn to band together to unleash their inner power in an epic
showdown to save the city.
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The film does succeed in the humour with Justin Theroux by far the funniest performance and blows established comedic actors out of the water. If Theroux brings the humour then Franco is the heart of the film and does a good leading performance.
LEGO Ninjago is a love letter to Kung-Fu and martial
arts films which makes Chan’s simple performance of master but when watching
the bonus features it makes sense how he came on board learning he and his
stunt team created all of the fighting and stunts.
The fighting, Franco and Theroux’s chemistry and watching a cat destroying a whole Lego city like a monster is highly entertaining. However, it was missing something that made Lego Movie and Lego Batman better.
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The fighting, Franco and Theroux’s chemistry and watching a cat destroying a whole Lego city like a monster is highly entertaining. However, it was missing something that made Lego Movie and Lego Batman better.
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It doesn’t help the other ninjas were sidelined
especially with talent like Pena and Nanjiani in the cast while seeing Jacobson having
little to do was a shame.
Finally, this is a family movie that kids will love
and parents/adults will get some enjoyment.
As for the bonus feature, the blu-ray is packed with
them and the featurettes to how the film was made are really interesting.
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Verdict
Theroux steals the film in an entertaining inclusion
of the LEGO franchise, but it’s missing something compared to the two other
films in the franchise.
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