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Athletes acting, that never goes well.
The films basic idea has value too.
Al-G sucks Dom and LeBron into his digital kingdom and turns son against father.
Such psychedelic slapstick retains the ability to surprise.
And yes, Elmer Fudd does kind of look like Mini-Me fromAustin Powers in Goldmember.
The less said about Yosemite Sam becoming the Sam inCasablancas Play it again, Sam scene, the better.
Is this all starting to sound familiar?
But maybe the problem is that the picture should have gone further.
Freeze to an assortment of Jokers.
Also there: Bette Daviss character fromWhatever Happened to Baby Jane?
(no, really) and the Droogs fromA Clockwork Orange.
But is it, really?
This is the real problem with so much franchise filmmaking.
In the grand scheme of things, the newSpace Jamisnt hateful or inept.
Whether it could have also been a good movie might not have crossed anyones mind.
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