Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Spy, Spoof, Thieves
Tagline: Real life has never been so animated
Plot: David vs. Goliath.Ali vs. Frazier. Britney vs. Justin. All pale in comparison to the earth-rending, bone-crushing, carrot-chomping, anvil-dropping, tail-feather-scorching, gleefully epic smackdown that is…. Rabbit vs. Duck. Warner Bros. contract players BUGS BUNNY and DAFFY DUCK are up to their feudin’ ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.’ humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton (JENNA ELFMAN), who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stuntman DJ Drake (BRENDAN FRASER) to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot. (In other words, he’s fired and tossed out on his tail feathers.) Suddenly a sidekick without a hero, the duck decides to ally himself with DJ, whether he likes it or not. Consequently, Daffy is on the scene when DJ discovers that his famous movie star father Damian Drake (TIMOTHY DALTON), known for playing suave international spies onscreen, is actually a suave international spy in real life – and has been kidnapped by the nefarious Mr. Chairman (STEVE MARTIN) of the equally nefarious Acme Corporation. It seems that Damian knows the whereabouts of the mysterious and powerful Blue Monkey Diamond, and the
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 It's James Bond! It's Indiana Jones! It's Ocean's Eleven! It's too much. Looney Tunes: Back in Action misses out on a brilliant opportunity to tell a simple story about a rabbit vs. a duck.  --Kit Bowen
Back in Action should please both fans and neophytes of Looney Tunes alike, which is undoubtedly an impressive feat. Though there isn't really any comparison between the film and the brilliant shorts, Dante effectively updates these much-loved characterswithout trampling over what made them great in the first place.  --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is not perfect. But it is a well-crafted spectacle of slapstick and satire that flows in the spirit of the cartoons of our youth, and delivers a solid family film packed with whacky hijinx and tons of laughs.  --Joshua 'Clark' Bertram (MovieWeb)
We are in the age of Newspeak where all that we learned over the past three or four decades has been unlearned – or turned into self-referential humour. 66/100--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
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Joe Dante
Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The 'burbs |
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 | Steve Martin
Bowfinger, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Prince of Egypt |
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 | Joan Cusack
Toy Story 2, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank |
 | Roger Corman
The Second Civil War, The Independent, A Decade Under the Influence |
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Fast-paced, inventive, frequently funny comedy that will delight both kids and fans of the original cartoons, despite the odd flaw.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
It's good to have the Looneys back in action, even if they're not completely back on form. 6/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
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