Product: The Rescuers Down Under [VHS] (1990)
Rating: 2.0
Not as good as the first, but watcheable...
After having seen The Rescuers in theaters twice (One alone and then once with my kids), I decided to then go see the sequel when it was released in 1990, however, seeing the poster for it, I sort of hesitated, it seemed too much like an action movie and less of a heartwarming tale. I can safely say I was very disappointed with it, true, sequels are seldom as good as the first, but still, it was hard for me to consider this a sequel since the plot outline is really the same as the original, with different characters and different settings. No songs, boring, repeated music, less-than-interesting character and a very annoying protagonist boy.The story is that a boy has been kidnapped by Percival McLeach who needs the boy in order to retrieve the great golden eagle Marahute, familiar? Yes, just like in the original, villain needs small, sweet person in order to retrieve a valuable thing. My biggest problem was the characters, so uninteresting, even Bernard and Miss Bianca were among the most boring characters in the film, not to mention that their original voices were too old to fit the same roles, so I could never believe that those were the same mice I had loved years prior to this movie. Story telling is as poor as the worst Disney has ever made, it even makes the story of Oliver & Company look good, too many lose ends, un-needed characters and ridiculous sequences, like the one in which a bunch of mice are operating the 'new' albatross Wilbur.All in all, there are no memorable sequences, no pretty songs and no real classic scenes. It was the first Disney animated sequel and that's all there is to it. (Rent cheap before buying)