That it's merely the latest in a slew of movies in which toys or seemingly innocent critters turn into destructive demons that only a kid or two have the wisdom to thwart. Guilty as charged. But the film surprises with its seamless computer-generated imagery and animatronic puppetry, as well as a pair of teen actors who talk and act more like teenagers than most you'll see on the big screen. He doesn't sell toy guns or electronic games and, consequently, barely stays in business. That's an understatement.
All hell breaks loose.
Denis Leary, Ann Magnuson, Robert Picardo, David Cross and the late Phil Hartman round out the live-action cast. The movie will disturb some younger kids, regardless. But what may upset them most is when the Commandos commandeer a legion of ersatz Barbies, turning them into shaved-headed, crazed killers in camouflage bikinis. It's pretty creepy. Protective parents will call it mind-numbing junk.