Crash Bandicoot (2010 film)

Crash Bandicoot is a 2010 American computer animated adventure comedy film produced by O Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on the video game and video game series of the same name. Crash Bandicoot speaks in the movie, although he has spoken in the Crash Bandicoot games Radical Entertainment made. Jason Rubin, the director of the first Crash Bandicoot game, served as creative consultant. The movie was released theatrically in the United States on May 28, 2010.
== Plot ==
The film is an origin story that retells the events of the original Crash Bandicoot, depicting how Dr. Neo Cortex created Crash Bandicoot and Cortex was humiliated after Crash ran way from his lab. However, the film expands on various plot points in greater detail, and also incorporated some elements from later series entries, such as the introduction of CoCo.
== Voice cast ==
Dave Foley as Crash Bandicoot
Lex Lang as Dr. Neo Cortex
Debi Derryberry as CoCo Bandicoot
Brad Garret as Tiny Tiger
Malcom McDowell as Doctor N. Gin
Jim Broadbent as Dingodile
Morgan Freeman as Aku Aku
Antonio Banderas as Uka Uka
Frank Welker as Polar and Pura
== Release ==
In July 2009, a teaser trailer for the film, depicting a reenactment of the opening cutscene from the original game, first played in theaters in front of select prints of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Crash Bandicoot was released to DVD and Blu-Ray on November 9, 2010, making it the first O Entertainment film to be released on Blu-Ray.
=== Critical reception ===
The film has been criticized particularly giving dialogue to the main character Crash Bandicoot, although in the Crash Bandicoot games made by Radical Entertainment, he had some spoken dialouge. On review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 14% based on 22 reviews.
=== Box Office ===
The movie opened at #5 on its opening weekend. The film made $14,671,571 on a $14.6 million budget at the North American box office, making it financially unsuccessful.
== Video Game ==
A day before the film's release, an mobile game called Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2 was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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