HBOMAX: Space Jam A New Legacy (2021) (Review/ Criticizes)
Space Jam A New Legacy (2021).
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Directed by Malcolm D' Lee.
Starring: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Sonequ aMartin Green, CedricJoe, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza and Zendaya.
Synopsis: Trapped in the digital space, NBA superstar LeBron James joins the Looney Tunes gang to defeat the Goon Squad in a basketball game and save his son.
THE GOOD:
Just as the first film was, it is a commercial of almost 2 hours in length, and what a commercial! In the original, it focused more on Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes, but here there are no limits, it is a propaganda to HBOmax and its entire catalog, making thousands of references, winks and quite funny cameos of many characters from Warner and HBO.
The visual section is spectacular, the animation goes a step further, from the conventional, the computer-made and the experimental. It's technically a gem.
LeBron James has a lot of charisma and obviously we can't demand an excellent performance from a basketball player, but he performs quite well in that role. And in good performances we can mention Don Cheadle, by far the best actor in the film and who makes a very funny villain role.
THE BAD:
Even though LeBron's charisma makes his role work, the script they give him is too cliché: the dad who wants his son to be just as good as he is and is demanding. The same goes for the son who wants to follow his dreams despite his father's demands. They didn't put a little effort into building the characters.
On the other hand, the Looney Tunes are less than secondary characters, they do not have a real motivation to play the game and they give it to them just before starting the game in a very forced way.
And that is the word that best defines the tape: forced; there are too many situations that don't make any sense even within the internal logic of the film. Everything just happens at the convenience of the script.
In short, a film that its target audience will surely love, which is children; but that is far from being a good production or a sequel worthy of Space Jam.
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Score: 4.8/10