Bait and switch

Rating: 4/10 (4 November 2012)

Initially through advertisements you are shown clips of lots of nostalgic characters and themes. Ranging from Classic Arcade, NES, SNES, GENESIS and more. I'm into all of this stuff you think to yourself. I must enjoy this film. Let me help you understand what this movie is and isn't.
This movie has a great 10-20min starting. Lots of classic characters, originality and some humour. If this movie were just a short of the first 20minutes then I would give it a solid 9/10.
However after The starting 10-20min your put into a universe that feels like every other sub-par CGI animated film released in the last 6 years. Megamind, Happy Feet Two, Bolt.
The movie devolves into an experience where you could care less about the movie or what is going on. Mind numbing action that has no real meaning or emotion behind it. Just a bunch of explosions and screams. You don't care about the characters and your just waiting for the movie to end.
It's as if they made an abomination of a movie then realized how horrible it was and purchased rights from many IP's (Capcom, Konami) for the sole purpose of throwing into their trailers and advertisements but have nothing to do with the story line or past the 20 minute mark.
It was clear that after the 20 minutes no one laughed at the poorly written script and no body was drawn into it. Looking around I just see people looking at their watches/phones waiting for the movie to end.
This movie has to be the biggest bait and switch I've witnessed in my movie watching days.