You heard it (“Funkytown”) in “Shrek 2.” Here it is again. Grandparents in the audience will have to explain references to “Midnight Cowboy,” “Easy Rider” and “Blitzkrieg Bop” to the children. Perkins (Will Arnett) of the Bank of Evil from “Despicable Me 2,” although they do not have enough to do. Silas Ramsbottom (Steve Coogan) of the Anti-Villain League returns along with Mr. Gru for his part also finds a master mentor to guide him the ways of crime.Īlthough Frenchman Pierre Coffin voices all the minions in a mix of French, Spanish, Minionese and more, I could swear the late Andy Kaufman has been revived to play one of them. She agrees to train them in the art of self-defense, however hopeless their fighting skills. Back in San Francisco, where Knuckles had his lair, Kevin, Stuart and Bob meet acupuncturist and Shaolin Kung Fu Master Chow (the everything, everywhere all at once Michelle Yeoh) in Chinatown. The Vicious 6 themselves may remind some of Quentin Tarantino characters for good reason. Nefario (Russell Brand), Jean-Clawed (Jean-Claude Van Damme), Svengeance (Dolph Lundgren) and Stronghold (Danny Trejo). Gru, who sounds like a cross between Carell and horror film icon Bela Lugosi (“Dracula”), has a chance as a youth back in disco-era 1976 to be interviewed by the criminal gang the Vicious 6. This latest entry from Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Studio is a droll and amusing origin story about the series lead character Gru (still Carell). Since then, we’ve had two sequels to “Despicable Me” (a third is coming in 2024) and two spin-offs with the 2015 effort “Minions” and now “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” At AMC Boston Common, Regal Fenway, AMC South Bay and suburban theaters.īanana, banana? It’s been 12 years since we first met Universal’s computer-animated super villain Gru (Steve Carell) and his banana-colored button-like, one-eyed and two-eyed, goggle-wearing minions named Bob, Stuart, Kevin, newbie Otto and more.
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