Two things that struck me about Furry Vengeance. First, for a film about talking animals, instead of having a load of Hollywood’s hottest stars providing voices, the animals talk to each other via gurgles, squeaks, roars or whatever noise said animal would make. This is backed up via a few visual translation bubbles which do provide the odd titter. The second is the amount of CGI animals on show. Come on guys, has it got to the stage now that even cuddly critters are reduced to being computer generated? Obviously for some of the antics the animals get up too in a film you need some effects, but for even simple things we get badly imposed creatures sticking out like a sore thumb. Brendan Fraser takes the lead roll in this kids flick, working for a property developer looking to demolish a forest in order to put up some expensive abodes. However, furry vengeance is on the menu as the woodland animals fight back in a array of slapstick attacks. Oh yeah, and there’s poo on the agenda. Lots of it. The best I can say about this is that it should appeal to real youngsters, but apart from that its pretty dire stuff for the rest of it. Fraser loves appearing in these family films and he is fair game for the “punishment” the animals dish out. However, even he can’t save this from being a terrible mediocre effort in terms of effects, plot and dialogue. There’s the occasion laugh, but this is a way below par kids film and by the time the skunks lift their tales for the umpteenth time in the film, any originality has disappeared a long time ago….
The OC Film Sting Final Verdict
For tiny tots that like poo jokes only. Rating: 3/10.
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