This is going to be a difficult film to write about. Not
because it’s the latest cinematic addition to a franchise that really shouldn’t
exist, given the highly disposable nature of its source video game series. Not
because it’s a follow-up to a film that I gave a fair amount of slack to while
everyone else was gawking at the utter memeage of its soundtrack (Limp Bizkit’s
Behind Blue Eyes is one of those songs that shouldn’t be in any movie).
Not even because of my recurring issue with family films about talking animals.
Rather, it’s because this film defies any semblance of a ‘good or bad’ binary,
as it sits snugly in both at the exact same time. Read on and I’ll try and
explain.
