Rescue Heroes - The Movie
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Movie Reviews of Rescue Heroes - The Movie
Movie Review: Four Year Old Boy Loves 'Rescue Heroes - The Movie '
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent Product for Four Year Old and Dad to watch together.Movie Review: My boys loved it!
Summary: 4 Stars
OK, so maybe it's not the end-all in animation and script writing. But my 3-year-old and 6-year-old loved the movie and have watched it numerous times. I appreciate the great message Rescue Heroes sends to our young ones -- especially boys--that reinforces safety, helping others and integrity. It's hard to find something that's not about fighting and poor behavior. I know Rescue Heroes toys, etc. are no longer in being manufactured, but perhaps Steven Spielberg will make a contemporary feature film and it'll start a whole new trend!!Movie Review: Nice story, exciting for kids, so-so animation
Summary: 4 Stars
My 4-year-old enjoyed this movie immensely, and we were happy to have an "action" movie to show him that didn't promote violence, but rather heroism. We're big fans of the Rescue Heroes toys are are disappointed that they've been discontinued.
Overall, the movie is entertaining, perhaps a bit long, and the animation is mediocre, but if you're looking for an exciting, non-violent action movie for young children, this fits the bill nicely!
Movie Review: An ad for the toys, but still fun and with decent values
Summary: 3 Stars
"Rescue Heroes: The Movie" is a boon to parents looking for positive entertainment for young children. If there is a better way to capture the attention of a four year old boy for an hour and a quarter, I can't think of what it is. My son repeatedly asked to watch this movie, spurning just about every other kid-oriented DVD out there.
The formal Amazon.com review by Tom Keogh (above) says everything you need to know about the simple plot, so I won't go into detail here. The key differentiator between the movie and episodes of the TV series (by Canadian animators Nelvana) is the movie's reliance on CGI animation. That said, the CGI here is spotty. Some of it looks "Tron"-era while other bits sparkle. The DVD itself is as basic as it gets, consisting of the movie, two episodes of the TV cartoon series, some still-frame background info on the characters (you'll have to read it to your kids yourself--the print is minuscule and hard to follow for the target age group), and a commercial for Mission Select versions of the Rescue Heroes toys, of course.
Yes, this movie is nothing more than a slick marketing campaign featuring the latest redesign of the figurines. How much that troubles you is your decision. My son enjoys a limited amount of the toys, and the idea of him asking me for the newer Mission Select Team is to be expected having digested the advertising that is the movie. Fisher-Price was truly calculating on this one.
Appropriate movies for the under-6 set are hard to come by, so having one geared to that group is nice. This movie is obviously not in the league of "Citizen Kane" and it's a giant ad dressed up as entertainment. Still, the characters display decent values (teamwork, safety, caring for others, courage, and such) and are based on real professions that are heroic in nature, good role models all. The action in the movie is a tad high on the peril factor, so some younger children may find it too intense. On first viewing, my son was a little worked up during the most threatening action scenes, but repeat viewings were not an issue. In fact, he asked for this DVD again and again.
"Rescue Heroes: The Movie" won't win awards from children's educators, but considering the rest of the junk out there aimed at young children, it's better than most.
Movie Review: Excellence in Cross Selling
Summary: 3 Stars
I just watched this film for the first time today. Yes, it was made entirely to promote a line of toys. It's an excellent example of Mercatilism at its best. Aesthetically, it would not exist except to sell a line of toys.
However, it was well-written and well executed. I was not at all embarassed to watch this with my primary school age niece and nephew. If I had any complaint, oddly enough, it was not about scripting or dialogue or voicing.
The special effects are not very good.
How odd - this movie is all about catastrophic occurrences and hair-raising disasters. And yet the animation sequences showing these disasters are not what they could or should be, much to my surprise.
If they'd invested more in these, they probably could have sold more toys.