Although it boasts more impressive animation and a sweeping
score compared to the not so great music of the first film, The Rescuers Down
Under has a far less fun villain and a slightly dull subplot between the major
characters- it’s not bad, but overall the first Rescuers film was better.
Ironically though, one of the films’ biggest failings is a
result of a flaw in the first film- the subplot with Bernard and Bianca just
doesn’t work for the most part, because they didn’t bother to build up their
relationship very well in the first one. Additionally, the villain just isn’t as
memorable as Madame Medusa, although he isn’t terrible by any means.
Fortunately, there is also some beautiful animation on
display here, in addition to a far better score than the original Rescuers- by
far the best scene in the film is the famous (ish) flying scene, as this is
some of the best animation Disney had produced in the canon so far.
Overall, this is a fairly enjoyable adventure film, just a step
behind its predecessor. Although technically it did get a slightly higher score due to the aforementioned better animation and music.
Ratings
Good guys: Bernard and Bianca are likeable enough main protagonists, although
their subplot is a bit dull, so the good guys get 5/10
Bad guys: McLeach is a fairly threatening villain, although he’s not as
entertaining as Madame Medusa, so the bad guys get 6/10
Animation: A beautiful film visually, the animation gets 9/10
Music:
The films sweeping score gives the music 7/10
Plot: Nothing about this films’ story is
particularly memorable, so the plot gets 4/10
Overall Rating: 31/50
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