Cheap Looney Tunes - Back in Action (Widescreen Edition) (DVD) (Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear) (Joe Dante) Price

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Customer Reviews of Looney Tunes - Back in Action (Widescreen Edition)

A Bit Disjointed, Not Enough Toons, But Still Enjoyable...
I was a little skeptical about Looney Tunes: Back in Action. I was never really a fan of animation mixed with live action. I would have preferred an all animated Looney Tunes film, but I digress. The film itself is funny, Steve Martin does a bang-up job as the head of the Acme corporation. He remains one of the finest physical comedians of all-time and he gets full reign to go crazy in Back in Action. The two stars Brendan Frasier and Jenna Elfman are servicable in their lead roles but they could have found funnier actors to play these characters. Wrestling fans will recognize Bill Goldberg as Steve Martin's henchman, but Goldberg has no lines in the film. As far as the toons go, Back in Action really belongs to Daffy Duck who is hilarious, Bugs is his usual annoying self. But, the periphery characters get little to no screen time which stinks. Taz, Roadrunner, Wily E Coyote, Elmer Fudd, Tweety and Sylvester barely grace the screen before they are gone. Yosemite Sam has one good scene in the casino that is pretty funny. Overall, Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a fun ride but needed more of what it's title suggests...more toons less actors. Recommended to die-hard Looney Tunes fans only.

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Not High Art, but Definitely a Fun Flick
If you're looking for a stimulating, thought-provoking drama, then pop something else into your DVD player. If, however, you're looking for some old fashioned, anvil dropping, coyote flattening fun, then you will enjoy this film. The human cast alone is worth the price of admission, as Brendan Fraser and Jenna Elfman goof their way through the admittedly thin plot, while Steve Martin, Timothy Daulton, and Heather Locklear (among many other WB favorites) make notable appearances along with the animated likes of Marvin the Martian, Wil E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Michigan J. Frog, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Taz, and many others.

The best part of the movie is that you really don't care that the plot is incredibly thin. I couldn't even tell you what the plot was--I just had a fun time watching the film. That this film works so well is a testament to what Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc created so many years ago.

Although I was a bit disappointed with the deleted scenes (the Bugs & Daffy animation that serves as lead-ins to the deleted scenes looks like it was done by a high school student on a home PC), the overall package gets a resounding thumbs up. Since it was a rental, I did not have an opportunity to check out the CD-ROM features before I had to return the disc, but must say that the film was enjoyable, light fare for a Sunday afternoon.

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Looney fun
I have given this film 4 stars because my six-year-old son loves it, and I assume that's the age group it's aimed at. Brendon Fraser plays a security guard at Warner Brothers Studios who gets sacked, at the same time as a bossy female executive sacks Daffy Duck. Fraser and Daffy join forces to find Fraser's dad (Timothy Dalton) a film star who plays a spy who is actually a spy in real life. He has been kidnapped by a mad scientist (Steve Martin) who wants to find the Blue Daimond, which has magical powers. Fraser and Daffy have to get to the Blue Diamond before Martin does. also Bugs Bunny is trying to get Daffy back to the studios. The mixture of live action and cartoon characters will amuse children, and if you are a big Looney Tunes fan you should love it (I'm more partial to Tom and Jerry myself). On the other hand, if your main interest int he film was in the presence of Timothy Dalton, you may notice that there's not a lot of him in it really. Never mind, the kids will love it.