Slickly packaged no-brainer

Rating: 6/10 (6 May 2001)

There are a few exciting action sequences, but overall the movie is just like its CGI effects: too perfectly smooth and plastic-looking. The first movie seemed to be set in its time (the 1920s), but this film could have happened in any decade except for the funny-looking cars. Oddly enough you never believe that Brendan and Rachel are the parents of their cute little plot point, er, son. They like him well enough, but they never act like his parents. He suffers from being too precocious like most kids in these kinds of movies, but he's funny and interesting. As an "OZ" fan, I was thrilled to see Adebisi as one of the lead henchmen! He was quite menacing. It was just OK.