Friday, July 16, 2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy
It’s Warner Bros/Looney Tunes basketball version of “Real Player One”. Actually, this is an updated stand alone sequel to the 1996 “Space Jam” featuring Michael Jordan (which I️ have never seen). In this live action/animated sports comedy, a rogue cyber character AI-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle) hijacks LeBron James, his son Dom, & others for high stakes basketball game which threatens the very existence of these detainees. It’s not too hard to predict the outcome in this children’s film with Easter egg nods to various WB properties. See some of your favorite Looney Tune characters. It’s the Goon Squad vs the Tune Squad as father & son go head-to-head in this crazy cyber competition. In the end, father & son resolve their differences & come to understand each other better. Experience some old school hand drawn cartooning before the movie morphs into 3D CGI effects. This one is more fun for the kiddies than for adult entertainment. I️ was disappointed there was no classic farewell message from Porky at the end of credits.
Alien gives it 2½ “In the Serververse” stars out of 4.
