Tryouts for a newly-opened spot on the team are held on Veldin but the Lombax is turned away, told he doesn’t have what it takes.Īs someone who has played through the most recent game, this is where the movie lost me. Instead of exploring the stars, Ratchet dreams of joining the Galactic Rangers, a crack unit of intergalactic police. In his first major scene Ratchet’s gatuitous and uneccessary souping up of an elderly customer’s ship nearly gets the both of them killed. In the Ratchet & Clank movie, Ratchet is an idiot mechanic living with a crotchety mentor (John Goodman). When Ratchet rescues a defective warbot that crash lands on Veldin the two embark on a mission to save the galaxy from the machinations of the evil Chairman Drek. In the original Ratchet & Clank game, the titular Lombax lived alone on the planet Veldin, making a living as a mechanic while dreaming of one day exploring the galaxy. As Io9’s Charlie Jane Anders put it, it will keep your kids distracted and you won’t claw your face off.įor fans of Insomniac’s video game series, the clawing off of faces isn’t off the table. It’s got slapstick humour, a by-the-numbers animated film script and plenty of bright colours to keep tiny human brains occupied. It’s the same story that’s played out in animated films for ages, only this time the hero is a furry alien accompanied by a defective robot attempting to foil the plans of an evil corporation that’s tearing apart planets in order to build a perfect planet from the parts.įor parents looking to distract their children for a couple of hours, Ratchet & Clank is fine. Ultimately he overcomes his doubts and becomes the hero he is destined to be. He becomes a hero, but his haplessness gets him into trouble and he experiences doubt.
We have a hapless character that dreams of being a hero. Setting the game aside for a moment, the Ratchet & Clank movie is a well-executed if relatively unoriginal piece of entertainment.
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