What’s It About
After a lifetime of legendary heists, notorious criminals Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark, and Ms. Tarantula face their most challenging job yet — trying to turn good.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
The trailer does not do this film justice. The previews make The Bad Guys seem like a one-dimensional, poorly drawn, badly acted studio cash grab. But within minutes, that all changed due to the opening bank robbery and car chase. I’m sure when they read the script, it was your standard good versus bad movie trope, and for what it’s worth, that’s mostly what it is. What sets this film apart from most is the execution. Every character’s name, skill, and purpose within the group were fully explained during an outlandishly exciting car chase. Mr. Wolf is the apparent leader, but each gang member could easily be a leader based on their particular skill-set. Ms. Tarantula is the tech. Mr. Piranha is the wild one with the bodyguard mentality. Mr. Snake is the stereotypical cold-blooded villain with safe-cracking skills and the best friend of Mr. Wolf. Then there’s Mr. Shark. He’s the master of disguise. Since this is a cartoon, no one knows he’s a shark when he is in disguise. I guess they use the same principle as people not knowing Clark Kent is Superman with glasses on. Other than that, the story is excellent, the animation is the style being used in the new animated films, and the action is practically non-stop. Through all of the craziness, The Bad Guys does teach morels like; no one is truly bad. Anyone can change for the better. Everyone deserves a second chance. The list goes on. Luckily, there’s so much happening that kids will never know they’re learning how to be better people. Overall, The Bad Guys is a fantastic film loaded with action and characters you start to care about, even if they’re bad. You feel their pain and understand the circumstances that brought them to the villain’s status. Fans of animation will not be disappointed.
OUR RATING – THE BEST OF THE BAD 9
MEDIA
- Genre – Comedy
- Street date
- Digital – May 12th, 2022
- DVD/Blu-Ray/4K – June 21st, 2022
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound – English: Dolby Atmos, French Canadian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras
- Audio Commentary – Director Pierre Perifel, Producer Damon Ross, Writer Nelson Yokota, Character Animator JP Sans, and Production Designer Luc Desmarchelier all come aboard to talk about the film. It’s informative enough where everyone discusses the origins of the story, the books the film is based on, the characters, the style, influences, and tone of the movie. Unfortunately, there are no voice actors aboard, but for fans of the film and animation, this is a good listen.
- From The Drawing Room (HD, 16 Mins.) – Some separate segments on how to illustrate and draw characters and settings, specifically some of the characters from the movie.
- Snake’s Frozen Pop Shop (HD, 7 Mins.) – A fun little extra that gives some frozen pop recipes and how to make them look cool.
- It’s Showtime: Cast Table Read (HD, 6 Mins.) – A fun enough montage of some of the best moments from the virtual table read of the movie.
- Assemble the Crew (HD, 7 Mins.) – The voice cast of the movie talk about their characters and what they brought to the role, along with some clips of them in character.
- Devise The Plan: Making The Bad Guys (HD, 7 Mins.) – The cast and crew explore the original books, the characters, the big heist scenes, ’70s style, tone, and more.
- Deleted Scenes (HD, 11 Mins.) – There are a few deleted scenes included here, one of which is a different post-credit sequence.
- Maraschino Ruby (HD, 4 Mins.) – A short sequence on a different heist with the characters.